Detector Maps
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Read the earthworks
LiDAR measures the bare earth beneath crops and trees. Rendered as hillshade and slope, the faint earthworks — platforms, banks, hollow-ways and lost field systems — jump out, even where there's nothing to see at ground level.
Four ways detectorists put it to work
Bare-earth detail
1-metre LiDAR reads subtle earthworks.
Multiple angles
Custom multi-angle hillshade catches features one light misses.
Slope view
Slope shading highlights banks and ditches.
Pair with the maps
Match an earthwork to an old map to understand it.
Three reads on the ground
Multi-angle hillshade
Custom multi-directional light.
Slope (7°)
Banks and ditches stand out.
1-metre hillshade
Bare-earth relief.
LiDAR questions, straight answers.
Where available it’s 1-metre bare-earth — fine enough to read platforms, banks, hollow-ways and lost field boundaries.
A single light direction hides features that run parallel to it. Multi-angle and slope renders reveal earthworks a standard hillshade misses.
Earthworks and lost landscape features — old buildings, trackways and field systems — that point at where people were active.
Across Britain wherever public LiDAR coverage exists — coverage keeps growing.
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Recorded findsDetect near recorded find-spots.Explore →
Period heatmapsRoman to post-medieval density.Explore →
Ancient sitesHillforts, monuments & roads.Explore →
Historical mapsOS maps back to the 1880s.Explore →
NDVI crop-marksCrops reveal what's below.Explore →
Permission & accessKnow whose land it is.Explore →
Layers that pair with LiDAR
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