04.05.16
Moel y Gôd (SJ 072 168)
Moel y Gôd (SJ 072 168) |
Moel y Gôd
is an unassuming little hill that nowadays is no more than a closely cropped
grassy pasture, but it has an elegance of upper shape and quietness where its
views can be appreciated without hindrance.
I approached from its north having parked beside the B 4395 close to
where this road intersects with the B 4393.
Wandering down the road an occasional hum of a distant car could be
heard, otherwise the whole area was still with the heat of mid-day building to
the first real warmth of the year.
A track contours around
this hill’s northern flank and I briefly walked on this before venturing in to
the adjacent field and followed a fence line up toward the 304m map heighted
northern summit. Scattered across the
land were sheep, all happy and content in the sunshine, little white dots
grazing on grass. Away to the west the
high Aran stood aloof, a profiled block of mountain from this vantage point
almost hovering above the landscape.
Finding the high point
of the hill was an easy affair and after a few minutes on my knees assessing
the lay of land from a number of directions I chose my spot, placed the Trimble
on the ground and off it went collecting its customary 300 data points.
Gathering data at the summit of Moel y Gôd |
Inquisitive surveying assistants |
After packing the
Trimble away I sauntered back over the northerly top and watched as the sheep
gathered in rows marching away from me, flecks of white on an emerald green
canvass.
Flecks of white on a green canvass |
Once back on the road it
was only a short distance to my awaiting car, this route conveniently crossed
this hill’s critical bwlch, which was placed beside the road with its indicator
being two water channels and a drain diagonally opposite each other.
Having placed the
Trimble on top of my rucksack to give it elevation above its surroundings and
measured the offset between its internal antenna and the ground at the base of
the rucksack, I waited until the accuracy level of 0.1m was attained and then
pressed ‘Log’ and scampered away whilst the first of 300 data point beeps
beeped away.
Gathering data at the critical bwlch of Moel y Gôd |
During gathering data at
the bwlch I stood a safe distance away from the equipment but positioned myself
on the edge of the road and therefore the one or two cars that passed during
the next five minutes of data gathering pulled out to the right hand side of
the road to avoid me, this at least kept the few vehicles that passed a safe
distance from the Trimble. Once five
minutes of data were gathered I packed the Trimble away and headed back to the
car.
Survey Result:
Moel y Gôd
Summit Height: 307.6m (converted to OSGM15)
Summit Grid Reference: SJ 07248 16808
Bwlch Height: 270.6 (converted to OSGM15)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 07121 17185
For further details please
consult the Trimble survey spreadsheet click {here}
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