Y Pellennig - The Remotest Hills of Wales - Press Release for tomorrow's launch

The Remotest Hills of Wales – Press Release

*There is an embargo on this news until Monday 13th April *

The Remotest Hills of Wales are unique in concept and challenge as no grouping of hills have been listed by ‘remoteness’ and no known person has visited all the summits.

This grouping of hills is named ‘Y Pellennig’ as the Welsh word pellennig means ‘distant’ or ‘remote’.

Qualification requires a minimum of 2.5km from summit to the nearest paved public road and a minimum of 15m of drop (drop is the vertical height gain from summit to bwlch connecting the hill to next higher ground along the watershed).

The remotest hill in the whole of Wales is West Tump, which is a 17m high wave-battered lump of rock 16.330km out in the Celtic Sea.  The remotest hill of mainland Wales is the 467m high Tyle Garw in the Brecon Beacons National Park at 4.875km from the nearest road.

Each name has been painstakingly researched taking in all available Ordnance Survey maps, old Estate Survey maps, nautical charts and many local inquiries.

The Remotest Hills of Wales is co-authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams and is freely available at Europeaklist, Haroldstreet, v-g.me and Mapping Mountains.

*There is an embargo on this news until Monday 13th April *

For further details please contact:

Myrddyn Phillips   

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