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LiDAR map of Bishops Cannings
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Bishops Cannings, a parish in Wiltshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 265 recorded places here: 181 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 60 scheduled monuments, 18 listed buildings, 3 places recorded in Wikidata, 1 registered battlefield. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 126 m and 211 m above sea level; its highest point is about 266 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 field systems.
Bishops Cannings 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 Bishops Cannings, 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 Bishops Cannings. 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 Bishops Cannings. 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 181 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Bishops Cannings 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 (181 features in the parish) and the 265 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
- 35.9 km²
- Recorded places
- 265
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 126–211 m above sea level; highest 266 m
- ONS code
- E04012680
Places with their own page
- /places/long-barrow-on-horton-down/
- /places/square-earthwork-enclosure-450m-north-west-of-baltic-farm-on-morgan-s-hill/
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Battle of Roundway Down 1643Registered battlefield
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm on Morgan's HillScheduled monument
- Ditch W of Tanhill FairScheduled monument
- Field system 275yds (250m) N of Field BarnScheduled monument
- Field system E of Kitchen Barrow HillScheduled monument
- Roundway Hill Farm round barrowsScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 610m south east of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton DownScheduled monument
- Saucer barrow 600m west of Beckhampton BuildingsScheduled monument
- Bell barrow 600m west of Beckhampton BuildingsScheduled monument
- Kitchen Barrow: a long barrow on Kitchen Barrow HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow on Kitchen Barrow HillScheduled monument
- Saucer barrow on North DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 550m north-east of Baltic FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 120m north of the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North DownScheduled monument
- Two saucer barrows and a pair of bowl barrows 750m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 950m SSW of Beckhampton Plantation, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Horton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 800m south of Hemp KnollScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 1km north-east of Baltic FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 1150m north-east of Baltic FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 840m north-east of Baltic FarmScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 300m east of Furze KnollScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow at east end of Morgan's HillScheduled monument
- Long barrow on Horton DownScheduled monument
- Pair of bowl barrows situated on the south east of Bishop's Cannings DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow situated between Bishop's Cannings Down and Easton DownScheduled monument
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 450m south of Down Barn on Bishop's Cannings DownScheduled monument
- Square enclosure 350m north of Wansdyke on Bishop's Cannings DownScheduled monument
- Group of three bowl barrows 250m north east of Shepherds' ShoreScheduled monument
- Linear earthworks forming part of a field system on Bishop's Cannings DownScheduled monument
- Three Bronze Age barrows 200m NNW of Down Barn forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery situated 120m NNW of Down Barn on North DownScheduled monument
- Long barrow and abutting bowl barrow 700m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings, forming the focus of a barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 750m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Pair of bowl barrows 650m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Bell barrow on Easton DownScheduled monument
- Long barrow on Easton DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow situated 60m west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 200m WSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North DownScheduled monument
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 400m south west of Beckhampton Buildings, forming part of a cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 130m SSW of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow situated 500m SSW of Shepherds' ShoreScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 1070m NNW of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Eleven round barrows 1000m north of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery, and a probable enclosed Iron Age farmstead on North DownScheduled monument
- Round barrow 1260m NNE of Baltic Farm, 75m south of Roman Road, forming part of a barrow cemetery situated on North DownScheduled monument
- Pair of bell barrows and a pair of bowl barrows forming part of a barrow cemetery at Baltic FarmScheduled monument
- Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery 135m ENE of Baltic FarmScheduled monument
- Four round barrows 740m east of Kitchen Barrow, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on All Cannings DownScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen BarrowScheduled monument
- Four bowl barrows forming part of a cemetery 270m east of long barrow on Roughridge HillScheduled monument
- Long barrow 650m WSW of Shepherds' ShoreScheduled monument
- Cross ridge dyke on Morgan's HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 150m east of the wireless station on Morgan's HillScheduled monument
- Enclosure on Horton DownScheduled monument
- Group of small enclosures on Horton Down, 910m north east of Easton Down long barrowScheduled monument
- Five round barrows 1040m NNE of Baltic Farm forming part of a barrow cemetery on North DownScheduled monument
- Section of Wansdyke and associated monuments from east of The Firs to the eastern side of Tan HillScheduled monument
- Bowl barrow 500m west of the wireless station on Morgan's Hill; part of a group of three bowl barrowsScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Bishops Cannings War Memorial
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard
- Group of 7 Monuments in Churchyard 4
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard
- Group of 5 Monuments in Churchyard, 10
- Skeate
- Old Post Office
- Two Unidentified Monuments in Churchyard, 4
- Unidentified Monument in Churchyard
- Bridge Inn
- Kennet and Avon Canal, Canal Bridge at the Bridge
- Milestone
- Milestone
- Milestone
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Le Marchant BarracksWikidata place
- Morgan's HillWikidata place
- Bishops CanningsWikidata place
- PILLBOX\PILLBOX (VARIANT)Aerial survey feature
- ROADAerial survey feature
- DYKE (DEFENCE)\EARTHWORK\FRONTIER DEFENCEAerial survey feature
- DYKE (DEFENCE)\EARTHWORK\FRONTIER DEFENCEAerial survey feature
- DYKE (DEFENCE)\EARTHWORK\FRONTIER DEFENCEAerial survey feature
- DYKE (DEFENCE)\EARTHWORK\FRONTIER DEFENCEAerial survey feature
- DYKE (DEFENCE)\EARTHWORK\FRONTIER DEFENCEAerial survey feature
- DYKE (DEFENCE)\EARTHWORK\FRONTIER DEFENCEAerial survey feature
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGEAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Square earthwork enclosure 450m north west of Baltic Farm2.6 km north-west
- Long barrow on Horton Down2.7 km north-east
- All Cannings Cross3.1 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.
- Ancient places: Pleiades (ISAW/AWMC), CC BY 3.0.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.