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LiDAR map of Sherston
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Sherston, a parish in Wiltshire, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 42 recorded places here: 25 listed buildings, 16 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 100 m and 126 m above sea level; its highest point is about 137 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 1 church or chapel.
Sherston 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 Sherston, 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 Sherston. 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 Sherston. 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 16 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Sherston 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 (16 features in the parish) and the 42 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
- 17.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 42
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 100–126 m above sea level; highest 137 m
- ONS code
- E04011814
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Earthwork 200yds (180m) W of parish churchScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Church of the Holy Cross
- Court House
- Old Swan House
- Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard, 12
- Socket of Medieval Cross in the Garden
- Group of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard, 1
- Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard
- The Rattlebone Inn
- Post Office
- Group of 8 Monuments in the Churchyard, 1
- Group of 5 Monuments in the Churchyard, 1
- Two monuments in the churchyard
- Estcourt Cresswell Enclosure in the Churchyard
- Group of 4 Monuments in the Churchyard, 2
- Tavern House
- Group of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard, 5
- The Angel Hotel
- Two Unidentified Monuments in the Churchyard
- Group of 3 Monuments in the Churchyard
- The Holford Arms
- Lychgate
- Milestone
- Milestone
and 2 more on the map.
Other recorded places
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE\HUT CIRCLE\RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
- DRAINAGE DITCH\ROAD\TRACKWAYAerial survey feature
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- CROFT\SHRUNKEN VILLAGEAerial survey feature
- CROFTAerial survey feature
- BUILDING\SPOIL HEAPAerial survey feature
- CROFTAerial survey feature
- BOUNDARY\LINEAR EARTHWORKAerial survey feature
- LYNCHET\STRIP LYNCHETAerial survey feature
- MOUNDAerial survey feature
- LYNCHET\STRIP LYNCHETAerial survey feature
- CULTIVATION TERRACE\LYNCHETAerial survey feature
- CULTIVATION TERRACE\LYNCHETAerial survey feature
- RAMPARTAerial survey feature
- ENCLOSURE\SETTLEMENT\TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- RING DITCH\ROUND BARROWAerial survey feature
Nearest places with their own page
- Malmesbury Market Cross7.6 km east
- Long barrow 500m north of Lugbury Farm7.9 km south
- Beverston Castle8.0 km north
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.
Last updated 2026-10-16.