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LiDAR map of West Dean
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of West Dean, a parish in West Sussex, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 62 recorded places here: 37 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 11 listed buildings, 6 scheduled monuments, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 lost settlements. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 60 m and 151 m above sea level; its highest point is about 233 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 2 Roman sites, 1 barrow or cairn, 1 cross and 1 church or chapel.
West Dean 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 West Dean, 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 West Dean. 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 West Dean. 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 37 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See West Dean 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 (37 features in the parish) and the 62 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
- West Sussex, England
- Area
- 24.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 62
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 60–151 m above sea level; highest 233 m
- ONS code
- E04009938
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Goosehill CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Iron Age farmstead and Roman villa, 360m SSW of Brickkiln FarmScheduled monument
- Bell barrow north-west of Brooms FarmScheduled monument
- Cross dyke on Heathbarn Down, 520m south east of Lodge Hill FarmScheduled monument
- West DeanRegistered park or garden
- Roman villa on Warren DownScheduled monument
- Medieval chapel near Chilgrove, 295m north-west of Yewtree CottageScheduled monument
- A deserted medieval village and post-medieval farm buildings, 1.4km north-west of Yew Tree CottageScheduled monument
- ChilgroveAncient place (Pleiades)
Listed buildings
- West Dean College West Dean Park
- The Parish Church of St Andrew
- Binderton House
- Former Singleton Railway Station
- Binderton Chapel
- The White Horse Inn
- West Dean Post Office and the House Attached
- Lychgate and flank walls, West Dean Cemetery
- Former Goods Shed at Singleton Station
and 2 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- West Dean WoodsWikidata place
- Rape of ChichesterWikidata place
- Monkton HouseWikidata place
- VILLAAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- CAUSEWAYED RING DITCH\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BANK (EARTHWORK)\ROADAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- EXTRACTIVE PIT\PILLOW MOUNDAerial survey feature
- DEER PARKAerial survey feature
- BELL BARROWAerial survey feature
- DESERTED SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- FIELD SYSTEM\SETTLEMENT\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- ROADAerial survey feature
- PARISH BOUNDARYAerial survey feature
- BIVALLATE HILLFORTAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROW\SPOIL HEAPAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Goosehill Camp1.9 km south-west
- Trundle3.8 km south-east
- Devil's Jumps4.4 km north-west
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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.