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LiDAR map of Holford
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Holford, a parish in Somerset, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 41 recorded places here: 19 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 13 listed buildings, 7 scheduled monuments, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry, 1 Wikidata place. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 74 m and 300 m above sea level; its highest point is about 358 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 7 barrows or cairns.
Holford on the LiDAR. Bare-earth LiDAR, drawn in your browser by the RVT toolbox (the Relief Visualization Toolbox, ZRC SAZU). It opens on Combined VAT; the panel holds all seventeen of its methods, each with its settings. LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Holford, 1888–1913. The Ordnance Survey’s six-inch-to-the-mile map, second edition, surveyed between 1888 and 1913 and held by the National Library of Scotland, laid over today’s map with the paper colour removed, so the field boundaries, place names and antiquities the surveyors drew sit on the ground. More about this map
Roman roads near Holford. The Roman road network compiled by the Roman Roads Research Association (Digital Britannia), with each road’s grade of evidence, and the Roman forts, camps and towns along them. More about this map
Aerial archaeology at Holford. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 19 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Holford with everything Waystone has
The full map lays the LiDAR under the Ordnance Survey's six-inch maps of 1843–1913, the Roman road network, Historic England's aerial survey (19 features in the parish) and the 41 recorded places in the parish, with search, the sun dial, the ground probe and the cross-section tool, for all of England and Wales. Free, with nothing to install.
- County
- Somerset, England
- Area
- 13.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 41
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 74–300 m above sea level; highest 358 m
- ONS code
- E04008841
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Dowsborough CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Bowl barrow 225m north west of Halsway PostScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 122m NNW of Halsway PostScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 100m north west of Halsway PostScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 80m north of Halsway PostScheduled monument
- Three bowl barrows on Black Hill, 590m north west of Crowcombe Park GateScheduled monument
- Barrow and cairn cemetery on Black Hill, 490m north west of Crowcombe Park GateScheduled monument
- Ruined cairn on Higher Hare KnapScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of All Saints
- Dodington Hall
- Churchyard Cross
- Remains of Churchyard Cross, in Churchyard
- Shelter shed
- Alfoxton Park Hotel
- Farthing Family Chest Tomb and Railings
- Church of St Mary
- Former Engine House
- Castle of Comfort
- Unidentified Chest Tomb, in Churchyard
- Disused Tannery Buildings and Waterwheel Abutting
- Combe House Hotel
Other recorded places
- Ge-mare Farm FieldsWikidata place
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\HENGEAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\QUARRYAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY\CROFT\ENCLOSURE\POND\QUARRY\SETTLEMENT\TOFTAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\COPPER MINE\ENGINE HOUSE\MOUND\QUARRYAerial survey feature
- FIELD DRAIN\RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY\CROFT\HOLLOW WAY\ORCHARDAerial survey feature
- PILLOW MOUNDAerial survey feature
- COPPER MINE\QUARRYAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORM\SETTLEMENT\TOFTAerial survey feature
- HILLFORTAerial survey feature
- CAIRN\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- LINEAR EARTHWORKAerial survey feature
- BUILDING PLATFORM\SETTLEMENT\TOFTAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Dowsborough1.2 km south-west
- Stowey Castle2.2 km east
- Chapel E of Adscombe Farm3.0 km south-east
Neighbouring parishes
Reading the LiDAR
The terrain model has trees, crops and buildings removed, so banks, ditches, mounds, old field systems and hollow ways show as relief. Many are modern or natural: check the records and the old Ordnance Survey map in the app. How to read a LiDAR map. Scheduled monuments are protected by law; use public rights of way.
Sources
- LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence.
- Heights: Waystone, from the same LiDAR sampled about every 12 m inside the boundary; 'most of the ground' is the middle 80% of those heights; metres above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
- Parish boundary: Office for National Statistics, Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas (December 2024), Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
- Recorded places: the national heritage records (Historic England, Cadw, Coflein and others) as held by Waystone.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.