Craig Gwaun Taf (SO 005 207) has just been announced as a
new Welsh Nuttall with 16.1m of drop.
This now brings the total of Welsh Nuttalls up to 190, with the English
total being 255. A Nuttall is any hill
in England and also in Wales that has a minimum height of 2,000ft (609.6m) and
a minimum drop of 15m. The list was
compiled by John and Anne Nuttall and published by Cicerone Press in a two
volume guide entitled The Mountains of
England and Wales, volume 1 Wales and The
Mountains of England and Wales, volume 2 England, with the first edition of
each book published in 1989 and 1990 respectively.
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| Craig Gwaun Taf emerging out of mist, the recently confirmed new Nuttall |
There have been a number of reclassifications to these lists,
and these appear below in receding order under the hill name used by John and Anne:
Craig
Gwaun Taf 826.4m at SO 00548 20720
Confirmation of promotion via Joe Nuttall posting on the Yahoo
groups RHB forum on 04.11.16, this being the result of Joe Nuttall relaying the
information that LIDAR data gave this hill 15.783m of drop and asking me if I
could survey it with the Trimble, the resulting Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey
confirmed that with 16.1m this hill has sufficient drop to qualify as a Nuttall. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 190.
Calf
Top 609.61m at SD 66450 85624
Confirmation of reclassification via the Nuttall’s website on
06.09.16. This hill had been surveyed by
John Barnard, Graham Jackson and myself using the Leica 530, firstly on the 15.04.10
when a two hour summit data set was gathered, and secondly on the 20.05.10 when
a four hour summit data set was gathered.
Both data sets were subsequently processed by Ordnance Survey who
confirmed that this hill was 609.58m high and therefore just 2cm under 2,000ft
(609.6m) in height. However, six years
later the Ordnance Survey produced their new geoid model; OSGM15, resulting in
all known accurate heights increasing by 2cm – 4cm throughout England and also
Wales, this resulted in Calf Top increasing in known height to all of 6mm over
609.6m (2,000ft). English Nuttall total
confirmed as 255.
Moelwyn
Mawr North Ridge Top 649.7m at SH 66099
45259
The second Welsh Nuttall to be deleted since publication of
John and Anne’s list and guidebook in 1989.
Confirmation of deletion via the Nuttall’s website on the 05.08.15, reversing
its inclusion (see below) after John Barnard, Graham Jackson and I line
surveyed the hill and also surveyed it with a Leica GS15 and Trimble GeoXH 6000
on 22.04.15, resulting in the hill having 14.77m of drop. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 189.
Thack
Moor 609.65m at NY 61166 46278
Confirmation of reclassification via the Nuttall’s website on
03.04.13. This hill had been surveyed by
John Barnard, Graham Jackson and myself using the Leica 530 and Leica GS15, firstly
on the 22.08.12 when a two hour summit data set was gathered, and secondly on
the 03.03.13 when a four hour summit data set was gathered. Both data sets were subsequently processed by
Ordnance Survey who confirmed that this hill was 609.65m high and therefore
over 2,000ft (609.6m) in height. English
Nuttall total confirmed as 254.
Mynydd
Graig Goch 609.75m at SH 49732 48518
Confirmation of promotion to the Nuttalls list on 19.09.07
at a Press Conference held in the Oakeley Room at Plas Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog. This
hill was first proposed as a prospective hill to survey by Aled Williams on the
Nuttall’s message board, and the survey that resulted in this hill’s reclassification
to a Nuttall was done in conjunction with Leica Geosystems with their
representative; James Whitworth being the surveyor who operated the Leica 1200,
Clwb Mynydda Cymru and the Snowdonia National Park Authority. Present on the survey were John Barnard,
Graham Jackson, Dewi Jones, Harold Morris, Anne Nuttall, John Nuttall, James
Whitworth and myself. Outside of The
Munro Society commissioning CMCR Ltd to survey two hills in Scotland for Munro
status this was the first time that Differential GPS equipment had been used
outside of the Ordnance Survey to determine the accurate height of hills. The resulting reclassification of Mynydd
Graig Goch made headlines on the television, radio and throughout the national press. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 190.
Castell
y Gwynt 972m at SH 65397 58181
Confirmation of promotion to the Nuttalls list on 02.09.07. There were two hills outstanding that needed
accurately surveying out of the 166 hills I had surveyed for Nuttall status,
and this hill was the second of them. To
my knowledge the hill was first proposed for Nuttall status by Dewi Jones, and I
subsequently surveyed this hill on a number of occasions and forwarded the details
to Dewi, and John and Anne, with all my surveys giving this hill over 15m of
drop. But it wasn’t until John Barnard, Dewi
Jones and I teamed up that this hill was surveyed with a Leica Disto A8 on the
24.07.07, resulting in the hill having 15.95m of drop. This hill was later surveyed with the Trimble
GeoXH 6000 as having 15.9m of drop. Welsh
Nuttall total confirmed as 189.
Carnedd
y Filiast N Top 721m at SH 61751 63165
Confirmation of promotion to the Nuttalls list on 02.09.07. There were two hills outstanding that needed
accurately surveying out of the 166 hills I had surveyed for Nuttall status,
and this hill was one of them. I
surveyed this hill on a number of occasions and forwarded the details to Dewi,
and John and Anne, but it wasn’t until John Barnard, Graham Jackson and I
teamed up that this hill was surveyed with an Automatic Level and Staff on the
26.05.07, resulting in the hill having 16.1m of drop. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 188.
Cadair
Bronwen NE Top 700m at SJ 08713 35222
The first Welsh Nuttall to be deleted since publication of
John and Anne’s list and guidebook in 1989.
Confirmation of deletion to the Nuttalls list on 02.09.07 with a
suitably wet wake held on behalf of the hill on 19.08.07. This hill was line surveyed by John Barnard
and Graham Jackson on 03.03.07, resulting in the hill having 10.7m of
drop. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 187.
Birks
Fell 610m at SD 91878 76369
Confirmation of promotion via the Nuttall’s wesbsite on
04.10.06 and confirmed on 05.10.06. This
hill had been proposed for inclusion as a Nuttall by several people, most
notably John Barnard and Graham Jackson who on the 03.06.06 used an Automatic
Level in calculating the height of the hill.
Subsequently John and Anne Nuttall had the height of the hill confirmed
by Ordnance Survey and then accepted it into their list of English 2,000ft
mountains. English Nuttall total
confirmed as 253.
Honister
Crag 634.0m at NY 21247 14152
The first new English Nuttall since publication of John and
Anne’s list and guidebook in 1990. Confirmation
of promotion via the Nuttall’s wesbsite after John and Anne had surveyed the
hill in November 2004. This hill was
proposed for inclusion as a Nuttall by Edwin Gradwell and Andy Moffat, and subsequently
surveyed with the Leica RX1250 by Alan Dawson, resulting in the hill having
21.0m of drop. English Nuttall total
confirmed as 252.
Waun Garnedd-y-filiast 650m at SH 87404 45247
Confirmation of promotion via letter dated 21.10.99 after John
and Anne had surveyed the hill. I’d
surveyed this hill on numerous occasions and forwarded the results to Dewi, and
to John and Anne. The hill was
subsequently line surveyed by Harold Morris, Dewi Jones, John Williams and
myself on 02.07.99 resulting in a 15.13m drop value. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 188.
Waun Lefrith 676.2m at SN 79820 21451
Confirmation of promotion via letter dated 16.09.99, with
survey having been conducted by John and Anne Nuttall on 14.09.99. This was the first hill I ever surveyed and
repeated the process on a number of occasions and forwarded the results to John
and Anne. This hill was subsequently surveyed
with the Trimble GeoXH 6000 by me, resulting in the hill having a 15.9m
drop. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 187.
Waun
Camddwr 621.7m at SH 84832 20712
Confirmation of promotion via letter dated 16.09.99, with
survey having been conducted by John and Anne Nuttall on 10.09.99. I’d surveyed this hill on a number of
occasions and forwarded the results to John and Anne, with all my surveys
giving this hill over 15m of drop. This
hill was subsequently line surveyed and surveyed with a Leica GS15 and Trimble
GeoXH 6000 by John Barnard, Graham Jackson and myself, resulting in the hill
having a 15.5m drop. Welsh Nuttall total
confirmed as 186.
Moelwyn
Mawr North Ridge Top 649.7m at SH 66099
45259
Confirmation of promotion via letter dated 12.08.98, with
survey having been conducted by John and Anne Nuttall during the previous week. I surveyed 166 hills for Welsh Nuttall status
and this hill was the first hill confirmed through these surveys to enter the
list of Nuttalls (it was also the second hill confirmed to lose its Nuttall
status, see above for details). The details
from this hill’s survey were passed on to Dewi, and John and Anne, who all
later surveyed it and came to the same conclusion that the hill just had
sufficient drop to be included. It was
also rather ingeniously surveyed on the 25.05.98 by Joe and Tara Nuttall who
used an almost full water bottle to ascertain its drop value. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 185.
Foel
Meirch c 800m at SH 65878 63744
Confirmation of promotion via letter to Dewi Jones dated
16.02.98, with survey having been conducted by John and Anne Nuttall on
15.02.98. Having met Dewi in the car
park at Bwlch y Groes I was inspired to take up surveying after he told me that
‘John and Anne had missed one on the northern ridge of Cnicht.’ I subsequently had a staff manufactured and
took up the challenge to find a new Nuttall, and sent Dewi details of this hill
which he then surveyed, passing the details on to John and Anne via
letter. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as
184.
Craiglwyn 623m at SH 73056 60891
Confirmation of promotion via letter to Dewi Jones in late
1997, with Dewi having proposed this hill as a prospective new Nuttall via
letter to John and Anne Nuttall who subsequently surveyed it. Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 183.
Cnicht
North Top 688m at SH 64803 46870
Confirmation of promotion via article in the Rambling Today magazine, dated spring
1997, after Dewi Jones surveyed the hill with a rudimentary levelling staff, with
the resulting qualifying drop value later confirmed by a line survey conducted
by Harold Morris and Tudur Owain. Welsh
Nuttall total confirmed as 182.
1990 - Cicerone
Press publishes The Mountains of England
and Wales, volume 2 England.
English Nuttall total confirmed as 251.
1989 - Cicerone
Press publishes The Mountains of England
and Wales, volume 1 Wales.
Welsh Nuttall total confirmed as 181.
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