Mynydd y Drum (SN 807
097) - 200m Twmpau reclassified to 200m Sub-Twmpau
There has been a reclassification to the listing of Twmpau (thirty welsh metre prominences
and upward) hills due to analysis of LIDAR data by Kevin McGovern and also
independently by Aled Williams, and subsequently confirmed via a survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000. The hill
has been reclassified from a 200m Twmpau to
a 200m Sub-Twmpau, with the criteria
for the former being all hills in Wales at or above 200m and below 300m in
height that have a minimum drop of 30m, and the criteria for the sub category
being all hills in Wales at or above 200m and below 300m in height with 20m or
more and below 30m of drop.
The hill had been listed with an estimated drop of c 53m based
on an estimated bwlch height of c 244m and the 297m summit height positioned at
SN 807 098 derived from the spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey
1:25,000 Explorer map numbers 12 and 165, whilst the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000
Landranger map number 160 gives a 298m summit spot height at the same
position. This latter spot height is
derived from the 978.1ft (298.1ft) height on the Ordnance Survey old Six-Inch
map.
When this hill was originally listed in the Welsh P30 lists
on the v-g.me website it had an accompanying note which stated ‘3 points of 300m on 1985 map may probably
no longer exist (quarrying)’. The
hand written Master List stated ‘Due to
opencast workings the three points of 300c at GR 830 112 on 1985 1:50,000 map
probably no longer exist’. These
three points are in the vicinity of where a 984ft (299.9m) height appears on
the Ordnance Survey old Six Inch map and in all likelihood signified where the
summit of this hill was once positioned.
Since this time the opencast workings which take in the northern and
eastern part of the larger hill known as Mynydd
y Drum have destroyed the old 984ft (299.9m) summit, but in its place are
two separate hills comprising the spoil from the mine workings, with this Hill
Reclassifications post concentrating on the remaining ‘natural’ and now lower of
these three summits.
Prior to analysis of LIDAR data Mynydd y Drum was listed with one
summit, but due to opencast mining a further two summits have been created
which are artificial and comprise the remains of waste spoil, the hill which
this Hill Reclassifications post details is the remaining ‘natural’ summit,
which is now lower in height compared to the two artificial summits, this has
resulted in new bylchau heights and positions and also drop values for these
three hills, all of these will be detailed in this and the two previous Hill
Reclassifications posts, with the other two hills being Teisen Priodas (SN 820 108) and MRF Tip (SN 828 114).
The hill is adjoined to the Fforest Fawr group with its Cardinal Hill being Fan Gyhirych (SN 880 191) and is placed
in the Region of South Wales (Region C, Sub-Region C2), and is positioned
between the small town of Ystradgynlais
to the north-west and the village of Blaendulais
(Seven Sisters) to the south-east.
The upper part of the hill is situated within open
access land and can be easily accessed from a number of public footpaths that emanate
from Cwm Tawe (Swansea Valley) to the
north-west and from Cwm Dulais
(Dulais valley) from the south-east.
The name of the hill is Mynydd y Drum and its reclassification to a 200m Sub-Twmpau is due to the analysis of LIDAR data by Kevin
McGovern and also independently by Aled Williams. LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) is highly
accurate height data that is now freely available for much of England and
Wales.
Kevin’s analysis of LIDAR data gives the hill the
following details:
Mynydd y Drum
Summit Height: 296.1m
(converted to OSGM15)
Summit Grid Reference:
SN 80720 09754
Bwlch Height: 271.8m
(converted to OSGM15)
Bwlch Grid Reference:
SN 81526 10520
Drop: 24.3m
Therefore, the 296.1m LIDAR data produced for the
summit position at SN 80720 09754 and
the 271.8m LIDAR data produced for the bwlch position at SN 81526
10520 is sufficient for this hill
to be reclassified from a 200m Twmpau
to a 200m Sub-Twmpau with 24.3m of
drop, with the details from the Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey being 296.2m (converted to OSGM15) summit at SN 80718 09753 and 271.4m bwlch (converted to OSGM15) at SN 81526 10519), giving this hill 24.8m of drop.
This now revises the total in the 200m Twmpau and the list will be updated accordingly.
The full details for the hill are:
Cardinal Hill: Fan
Gyhirych
Summit Height: 296.2m
(converted to OSGM15, Trimble data)
Name: Mynydd y Drum
OS 1:50,000 map: 160
Summit Grid Reference:
SN 80718 09753
Drop: 24.8m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble data)
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| Mynydd y Drum (SN 807 097) now reclassified to a 200m Sub-Twmpau |
My thanks to Mark Jackson for bringing the details of this hill to my attention, and to Kevin McGovern and Aled Williams for their analysis of LIDAR data.
Myrddyn Phillips (March 2017)
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