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LiDAR map of Vale of Glamorgan
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Vale of Glamorgan at one metre per pixel, with the 1,132 recorded historic places the heritage records hold here, the Roman roads and the Ordnance Survey six-inch maps of 1843–1913 over the same ground. Free, in a browser.
Places on the LiDAR in Vale of Glamorgan
Each page shows the site on the LiDAR with its record, its location and the recorded places around it.
- Barry CastleCastle
- East Orchard CastleManor house
- Ewenny PrioryPriory
- Ogmore CastleCastle
- Old Beaupre CastleFortified manor house
- St Lythans Chambered TombBarrow
- St Quintins CastleCastle
- The Bulwarks, PorthkerryHillfort
LiDAR maps of the communities of Vale of Glamorgan
One page for each of the 27 communities, with a LiDAR picture and the recorded places inside it.
- Barry163 recorded places
- Colwinston11 recorded places
- Cowbridge with Llanblethian48 recorded places
- Dinas Powys31 recorded places
- Ewenny31 recorded places
- Llan-maes15 recorded places
- Llancarfan77 recorded places
- Llandough11 recorded places
- Llandow42 recorded places
- Llanfair23 recorded places
- Llangan23 recorded places
- Llantwit Major50 recorded places
- Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith19 recorded places
- Penarth68 recorded places
- Pendoylan22 recorded places
- Penllyn33 recorded places
- Peterston-super-Ely14 recorded places
- Rhoose71 recorded places
- St. Athan69 recorded places
- St. Bride's Major58 recorded places
- St. Donats56 recorded places
- St. Georges-super-Ely20 recorded places
- St. Nicholas and Bonvilston41 recorded places
- Sully and Lavernock40 recorded places
- Welsh St. Donats13 recorded places
- Wenvoe50 recorded places
- Wick17 recorded places
About the LiDAR
The terrain model is made from an airborne laser survey with vegetation and buildings removed, so earthworks show as height: hillfort ramparts, barrows, Roman road banks, hollow ways and ridge and furrow. In the app the picture is computed as you change the settings, with a moveable sun, a local relief model, multidirectional hillshading and the VAT composite. See how to read a LiDAR map and what archaeology looks like on LiDAR.
Sources
- LiDAR: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence.
- Recorded places: the national heritage records (Historic England, Cadw, Coflein and others) as held by Waystone.
Last updated 2026-10-16.