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LiDAR map of Purton
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Purton, a parish in Wiltshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 28 recorded places here: 16 listed buildings, 9 places recorded in Wikidata, 2 scheduled monuments, 1 Atlas of Hillforts entry. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 83 m and 124 m above sea level; its highest point is about 146 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 hillfort and 1 enclosure or other earthwork.
Purton 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 Purton, 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 Purton. 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 Purton. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. More about this map
See Purton 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 and the 28 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
- 28.2 km²
- Recorded places
- 28
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 83–124 m above sea level; highest 146 m
- ONS code
- E04011800
Places with their own page
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Ringsbury Camp hillfortScheduled monument
- Bury Hill Camp, PurtonAtlas of Hillforts entry
- Earthwork on Paven HillScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of St Mary
- Pound Farmhouse
- College Farmhouse
- Pond Farmhouse
- Restrop House
- Gorse Hill Bridges Signal Box
- The Angel Public House
- Railway Bridge
- Tithe Barn at Manor House
- The Maltster Public House
- Purton War Memorial
- Public Library
- Milestone on Corner of Mud Lane
- Moredon Aqueduct
- Milestone
- Milestone
Other recorded places
- Restrop Farm and Brockhurst WoodWikidata place
- Stoke Common MeadowsWikidata place
- Hayes Knoll railway stationWikidata place
- Purton railway stationWikidata place
- Hayes KnollWikidata place
- Purton StokeWikidata place
- BraydonWikidata place
- PurtonWikidata place
- WidhamWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Ringsbury Camp3.0 km south-west
- Ashton Keynes Castle7.5 km north-west
- Bincknoll Castle9.6 km south
Neighbouring parishes
- Charlton
- Braydon
- Minety
- Brinkworth
- West Swindon
- Lydiard Millicent
- Central Swindon North
- Haydon Wick
- St Andrews
- Leigh
- Cricklade
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.
- Hillforts: Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland (Lock and Ralston 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated 2026-10-16.