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LiDAR map of Amesbury
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Amesbury, a parish in Wiltshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 326 recorded places here: 186 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 98 scheduled monuments, 29 listed buildings, 8 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 ancient places (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 72 m and 122 m above sea level; its highest point is about 169 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 53 barrows or cairns, 2 long barrows or chambered tombs and 1 henge or standing stone.
Amesbury 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 Amesbury, 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 Amesbury. 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 Amesbury. 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 186 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Amesbury 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 (186 features in the parish) and the 326 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
- Wiltshire, England
- Area
- 24.0 km²
- Recorded places
- 326
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 72–122 m above sea level; highest 169 m
- ONS code
- E04011623
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Vespasian's CampScheduled monument
- Long barrow 250m north of Normanton GorseScheduled monument
- Disc barrow near the southern edge of Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Vespasian's CampAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Amesbury AbbeyRegistered park or garden
- The Cursus, two round barrows situated within its western end, and a long barrow situated at its eastern endScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 70m south of A303Scheduled monument
- Henge monument 400m south of Stonehenge CottagesScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow located south of The Cursus and east of Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 200m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Disc barrow and pillbox within Boscombe Down airfield, 520m south east of the Officers' MessScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 400m west of New King BarrowsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of New King BarrowsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 100m north of The Avenue and west of Old King BarrowsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 70m west of A345 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 800m north east of The Avenue on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 800m north east of The Avenue on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Pond barrow 400m south east of StrangwaysScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 450m north of the A303, on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 400m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 260m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 150m west of A345 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 60m west of A345 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 140m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 100m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 200m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 170m south east of Strangways on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 70m north east of The Avenue on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 200m south west of Strangways forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King BarrowsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 300m south west of Strangways forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King BarrowsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 150m NNE of Seven Barrow Cottages forming part of a round barrow cemetery known as Old King BarrowsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 500m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 150m north of the A303 on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bell barrow 650m east of the Pennings, Earl's Farm DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow 800m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm DownScheduled monument
- Two disc barrows and a bell barrow, 400m east of the Pennings, Earl's Farm DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on the Amesbury/Bulford Boundary north of the A303Scheduled monument
- Three bell barrows 300m north-east of New Barn, Earl's Farm DownScheduled monument
- Multiple trackway south of Bulford CampScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow at the east end of Earl's Farm DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 950m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow 550m east of New Barn, Earl's Farm DownScheduled monument
- Stonehenge, the Avenue, and three barrows adjacent to the Avenue forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Countess FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow forming part of Normanton Down round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- A bell barrow and two bowl barrows east of The Avenue on Countess Farm: part of a linear round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 320m west of Vespasian's CampScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 80m north of the A303, north east of Vespasian's CampScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Stonehenge Cottages on A303Scheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 50m south of A303Scheduled monument
- Three bowl barrows 220m west of Vespasian's CampScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 120m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King BarrowsScheduled monument
- Three bowl barrows immediately north of the A303 on Stonehenge DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow situated 50m north of Normanton Gorse and 170m south of the A303Scheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 650m SSE of StonehengeScheduled monument
- Three bowl barrows 150m south of the A303, north of Luxenborough PlantationScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on the north eastern edge of Luxenborough PlantationScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on the eastern edge of Luxenborough PlantationScheduled monument
- King Barrow and another bowl barrow on Coneybury HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow south of The Cursus in Fargo Plantation forming part of The Cursus round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 200m north of The Avenue forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery known as the Old King BarrowsScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St Mary and St Melor
- Amesbury Abbey
- West Amesbury House
- Amesbury War Memorial
- Diana's House
- Chinese Temple
- Kent House
- Two Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard
- Brady Monument in Churchyard
- Ornamental Vase
- Antrobus Arms
- George Hotel
- Sophia Monument in Churchyard
- Mills Monument in Churchyard
- Milestone
- The New Inn
- Fairlawn Hotel
- South Mill
- The Kings Arms
- Cemetery Gate
- Ye Olde Shoppe
- The Greyhound Tavern
- Old Grammar School
- The Bell Inn
- Grey Bridge
- Toll House
- Weir Bridge in Amesbury Abbey Park
- Millmead
and 1 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- Wiltshire, Amesbury, StonehengeRecorded place
- Normanton Down BarrowsWikidata place
- Bush BarrowWikidata place
- Blick MeadWikidata place
- Heelstone DitchWikidata place
- BluestonehengeWikidata place
- North Wessex DownsWikidata place
- Stonehenge LandscapeWikidata place
- Amesbury railway stationWikidata place
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)Aerial survey feature
- CULTIVATION MARKS\NON ANTIQUITY\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROW\CAUSEWAYED RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- DITCH\ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ROUND BARROW\SITEAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Vespasian's Camp1.5 km west
- Coneybury Henge2.7 km west
- Stonehenge4.0 km 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.