Mapping Mountains – Summit Relocations – Y Pellenig - The Remotest Hills of Wales and Y Pedwarau - The 400m Hills of Wales

Esgair Cerrig (SN 952 432)

There has been a Summit Relocation initiated by LIDAR data analysed by Aled Williams and confirmed by a survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000, to the listings of Y Pellennig and Y Pedwarau, with the survey that resulted in this summit relocation taking place on the 28^th December 2016 in good, clear and bright conditions.

The two lists that this summit relocation affects are:

Y Pellennig - The Remotest Hills of Wales, with the criteria being all hills in Wales whose summit is 2.5km or more from the nearest paved public road that have a minimum 15m of drop.  This list is co-authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams.

Y Pedwarau, with the criteria being all hills in Wales at and above 400m and below 500m in height that have a minimum 30m of drop.  This list is co-authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams.

The name of the hill is Esgair Cerrig and this was derived from local enquiry (see Significant Name Changes) and access to it is restricted due to it being positioned within the confines of the Sennybridge Artillery Range Training Area.  The hill is situated in the Mynydd Epynt range, which is placed in the south-eastern part of Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and the hill is positioned above the small community of Llangamarch (Llangammarch Wells) to its north north-west and the small town of Llanwrtyd (Llanwrtyd Wells) to its west north-west. 

This hill’s summit position was previously given as SN 956 435 and this is where the current 456m spot height appears on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer maps.  However, prior to the survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000 this hill’s summit was analysed using LIDAR data by Aled Williams.  LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) is highly accurate height data that is now freely available for much of England and Wales.

 

Aled’s analysis of LIDAR data gives the hill the following details:

Esgair Cerrig

Summit Height:  456.3m

Summit Grid Reference:  SN 95226 43298

The analysis of LIDAR data pinpointed this hill’s position and its height was confirmed with the Trimble survey:

Esgair Cerrig

Summit Height:  456.4m (converted to OSGM15)

Summit Grid Reference:  SN 95224 43297 

    

Therefore the position of the relocated summit is at SN 95224 43297 and is featureless ground consisting of grass interspersed with reed grass beside a bomb crater, this position is within the uppermost 450m ring contour on Ordnance Survey maps although no spot height is given to it, the relocated summit is approximately 490 metres south-westward from where the previously listed summit is positioned.

The full details for the hill are:

Cardinal Hill:  Mynydd Epynt

Summit Height:  456.4m (converted to OSGM15)

Name:  Esgair Cerrig

OS 1:50,000 map:  147, 160

Summit Grid Reference (New Position):  SN 95224 43297 

     

Drop:  35.6m (converted to OSGM15)

The Trimble GeoXH 6000 gathering data at the summit of Esgair Cerrig, with the old position of the summit in the centre background of this photograph

For details on the survey that relocated the summit of this hill.

Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams (January 2017)