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LiDAR map of Avebury
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Avebury, a parish in Wiltshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 224 recorded places here: 141 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 61 scheduled monuments, 15 listed buildings, 5 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 ancient places (Pleiades). On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 153 m and 194 m above sea level; its highest point is about 253 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 42 barrows or cairns, 7 long barrows or chambered tombs, 4 enclosures and other earthworks and 2 henges and standing stones.
Avebury 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 Avebury, 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 Avebury. 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 Avebury. 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 141 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
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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 (141 features in the parish) and the 224 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
- 19.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 224
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 153–194 m above sea level; highest 253 m
- ONS code
- E04011627
Places with their own page
- /places/the-longstones/
- /places/falkner-s-circle/
- /places/silbury-hill/
- /places/the-sanctuary/
- /places/west-kennet-long-barrow/
- /places/south-street-barrow/
- /places/avebury/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Avebury Long Stones 380m east of The Grange Stables, BeckhamptonScheduled monument
- Long Stones long barrow 150m north of Beckhampton HouseScheduled monument
- The Sanctuary, Overton HillScheduled monument
- Avebury henge and stone circlesScheduled monument
- Silbury Hill: a monumental Neolithic mound west of the River Kennet and south of Avebury villageScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 50m south of The Sanctuary on Overton Hill, forming part of the Seven Barrow Hill round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- South Street long barrow, 70m south east of the Long StonesScheduled monument
- Remains of `Falkner's Circle', a Neolithic stone circle 180m east of the West Kennet AvenueScheduled monument
- Beckhampton round barrow cemetery 150m north east of the `Waggon and Horses'Scheduled monument
- West Kennet long barrow, 800m south-east of Silbury HillScheduled monument
- Barrow on Avebury Down, S of track from AveburyScheduled monument
- Two bowl barrows 670m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton DownScheduled monument
- A henge, four Bronze Age barrows and part of a Roman road 500m south west of Fox CovertScheduled monument
- Pair of bowl barrows on West Down, 550m east of Witch PlantationScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on Calstone Down, 500m south of Witch PlantationScheduled monument
- Penning bell barrow 600m east of Avebury Down BarnScheduled monument
- Three confluent round barrows 580m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Pair of round barrows 400m west of the Ridgeway, forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Avebury and 70m north of Green StreetScheduled monument
- Green Bank bowl barrow, 230m east of the Avebury henge monumentScheduled monument
- Grange Stables bell barrowScheduled monument
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett Farm on Overton HillScheduled monument
- Pair of round barrows forming part of the Bronze Age round barrow cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett FarmScheduled monument
- Group of six round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery 400m north-east of West Kennett FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 70m north of Green Street and east of the Avebury henge monumentScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 900m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 770m south west of the junction of the Ridgeway and Green Street, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 650m ESE of New Barn, between Avebury Down and Monkton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Green Street and 1100m east of the Avebury henge monument, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Grange bowl barrow 130m north west of The Grange Stables bell barrow, BeckhamptonScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 230m west of The Grange, BeckhamptonScheduled monument
- Round barrow cemetery 400m south of Avebury henge monument on Waden HillScheduled monument
- Round barrow cemetery and part of a field system 200m south of Beckhampton PenningScheduled monument
- Site of an oval stone circle and part of an adjacent field system 700m SW of West Kennet long barrow.Scheduled monument
- Round barrow forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West DownScheduled monument
- Ten barrows forming part of Fox Covert round barrow cemetery, West Down.Scheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 300m south of Fox Covert forming part of the Fox Covert round barrow cemetery on West DownScheduled monument
- Group of four round barrows 500m south-east of Avebury Down Barn, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow 300m south-east of Avebury Down Barn forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Pair of round barrows 200m SSE of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.Scheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 200m south of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Horslip long barrow, 450m north-west of Horslip Bridge.Scheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 200m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemetery.Scheduled monument
- Saucer barrow 250m east of Windmill Hill: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 750m south-west of Manor Farm: part of the Windmill Hill round barrow cemeteryScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 750m south-east of Windmill HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 700m south-east of Windmill HillScheduled monument
- West Kennet bell barrow, 160m north-west of West Kennet long barrowScheduled monument
- Group of four round barrows 300m north west of the junction between the Ridgeway and Green Street on Avebury DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow immediately west of the Ridgeway, 400m north east of its junction with Green StreetScheduled monument
- Three sections of a linear earthwork south west of New BarnScheduled monument
- Pair of round barrows and section of linear earthwork NE of the gallops on West DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 900m SSE of Green BankScheduled monument
- Earthwork enclosure 950m SSE of Manor FarmScheduled monument
- Linear round barrow cemetery 200m ENE of West Kennett long barrowScheduled monument
- Harepit Way linear boundaryScheduled monument
- West Kennet Avenue and an earthwork bank east of West Kennett FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 870m ESE of New Barn on Monkton DownScheduled monument
- Section of Roman Road 560m north east of Beckhampton BuildingsScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Avebury Manor
- Church of St James
- Great Barn
- Dovecote at Avebury Manor
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard
- Hawkins Monument in Churchyard
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard
- Wentworth Monument, in Churchyard
- Waggon and Horses Public House
- Stones Restaurant
- National Trust Shop
- Lychgate
- Milestone
- Milestone
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- West Kennet AvenueWikidata place
- Beckhampton AvenueWikidata place
- Avebury TrusloeWikidata place
- West KennettWikidata place
- BeckhamptonWikidata place
- ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- ROADAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROW\SAUCER BARROW<Null>Aerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROW\SAUCER BARROWAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROWAerial survey feature
- RING DITCHAerial survey feature
- CLEARANCE CAIRN\MOUND\SPOIL HEAPAerial survey feature
- CLEARANCE CAIRN\MOUND\SPOIL HEAPAerial survey feature
- BOWL BARROW\WINDMILL MOUNDAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\ROAD\SETTLEMENT\VILLAAerial survey feature
- DITCH\SETTLEMENTAerial survey feature
- CROFT\SETTLEMENT\TOFTAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- OVAL ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- ROADAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- South Street barrow440 m west
- The Longstones560 m west
- Silbury Hill830 m 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.