LiDAR map of Ruabon
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Ruabon (Rhiwabon), a community in Wrexham, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 68 recorded places here: 34 Coflein records, 22 listed buildings, 8 scheduled monuments, 4 places recorded in Wikidata. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the community lies between about 72 m and 131 m above sea level; its highest point is about 178 m. By their register titles, its scheduled monuments include 6 enclosures and other earthworks and 1 barrow or cairn.
Ruabon 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Ruabon, 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 Ruabon. 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
See Ruabon 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 and the 68 recorded places in the community, 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
- Wrexham, Wales
- Area
- 23.1 km²
- Recorded places
- 68
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 72–131 m above sea level; highest 178 m
- ONS code
- W04000243
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Gardden CampScheduled monument
- Darland Wood Round BarrowsScheduled monument
- Offa's Dyke: Section N of Home FarmScheduled monument
- Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham BridgeScheduled monument
- Offa's Dyke: Y Gardden Camp SectionScheduled monument
- Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Pentre-Clawdd to Wynnstay ParkScheduled monument
- Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Middle Sontley to Black Brook BridgeScheduled monument
- Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Black Brook Bridge to Pentre-ClawddScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Wynnstay Hall
- Church of St Mary
- Wynnstay Arms PH
- The Old Grammar School
- Ruabon Railway Station
- Pen-Y-Lan Hall
- Vertical Winding Engine House at the Former
- Wynnstay Column
- The Dairy at Wynnstay Hall
- Cascade
- Plas Newydd
- Wynnstay Kennels
- Congregational Church
- Chapel at Wynnstay Hall
- Former Estate Office at Wynnstay Hall
- School Room
- Almhouse
- All Saints' Church
- Sluice Outlet
- Almshouse
- Almshouse
- Almhouses
Other recorded places
- Wynnstay Park, Bath HouseCoflein record
- De Havilland Vampire Fb5 Wa305Coflein record
- Supermarine Spitfire Vb AA933Coflein record
- Ruabon Grammar SchoolCoflein record
- Home Farm CropmarksCoflein record
- Wat's Dyke: Section Extending From Black BrookCoflein record
- Wat's Dyke: Section Extending From Pentre-ClawddCoflein record
- Wat's Dyke, in Wynnstay ParkCoflein record
- Possible Stretch of Wat's DykeCoflein record
- Wat's DykeWikidata place
- Wynnstay Park, Earthwork Features, RuabonCoflein record
- Pen-y-lan Hall Park, RuabonCoflein record
- Cae y CastleWikidata place
- Hafod Red Brick Works Railway: TunnelCoflein record
- Bersham English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, BershamCoflein record
- Bethania Welsh Baptist Church, Cleveland StreetCoflein record
- English Presbyterian ChurchCoflein record
- English Wesleyan Methodist Church;Park MethodistCoflein record
- Methodist ChapelCoflein record
- River EithaWikidata place
Nearest places with their own page
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct4.6 km west
- Pont Cysyllte4.8 km west
- Bersham Ironworks6.4 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: Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, 1 m 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.
- Coflein, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Open Government Licence.
Last updated 2026-10-16.