How to use lidar data
The Lidar project uses specially commissioned lidar data to help identify and map important new information about the Arfordir Penfro, helping us to uncover new evidence of ancient land use, settlements and other landscape features. Volunteers can help discover new and exciting archaeological features and monitor changes of the landscape through history.
Explore the map
Take a look at the features already identified on the map and learn about how the landscape has been used over the years.
Reveal the past
Experiment with the different map layers, to discover what lies beneath the trees and modern buildings.
Report your findings
Send us your discoveries so that our team of experts can verify and visit the site.
Help to conserve
The more we know about the historical sites and habitats in the landscape, the better we can plan to protect them.
Contribute
Your discoveries may be added to the Historical Environment Record for Wales, the official register for archaeological sites.
Legacy
With your help the Arfordir Penfro Lidar map can be used for more projects, including planning, land management, and wildlife analysis.
Why is it
important?
Rapidly increasing vegetation cover is obscuring recorded and unrecorded sites. This project helps us to identify, monitor the condition and better manage new and existing archaeological remains. The archaeology of ancient fields and settlements can be hard to appreciate on the ground. Lidar can really help in our understanding and appreciation of this archaeology through incredible levels of detail and robust, innovative 3D modelling.
Get involved
Become a ‘citizen scientist’ and help to discover, understand, and preserve the natural and cultural heritage of the Arfordir Penfro landscape, by exploring the Lidar mapping and identifying new and exciting historical sites.