Coed-swydd (SO 139 646) – Hump reclassified to Subhump
This is the twelve in a series of Hill Reclassification posts
that detail hills whose status has been altered in the listing of the Humps (HUndred Metre Prominences)
through map study and / or surveys that I have instigated.
The hill name used in this and forthcoming posts is that used
in the listing of Humps, therefore
individual names and their composition may not match those that are used in
listings I am directly associated with.
However, I am of firm belief that listed hill names used by other
authors should be respected when giving detail within other people’s lists,
however inappropriate some hill names or their composition may be considered.
This and forthcoming posts are retrospective as many of these
hill reclassifications were initiated from studying the Ordnance Survey
enlarged mapping that is hosted on the Geograph website, and for the
reclassifications that affected the Humps
the email I sent to Mark Jackson and copying in the DJM&M team in relation
to this hill was dated 02.08.12.
The listing of Humps
was published in book format by Lulu in 2009 and entitled More Relative Hills of Britain, its author; Mark Jackson gives
credit to a number of people who contributed toward the formation of this list,
these include; Eric Yeaman, Alan Dawson, Clem Clements, Rob Woodall, Bernie
Hughes, Pete Ridges and others. When the
list was published in book format there were 2987 Humps listed with their criteria being any British hill that has
100m or more of drop, accompanying the main list is a sub category entitled Subhumps, with the criteria being any
British hill that has 90m or more and below 100m of drop.
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| More Relative Hills of Britain by Mark Jackson |
The details for the reclassification appear below:
There has been a reclassification to the listing of the Humps (HUndred Metre Prominences) due to
consulting the Ordnance Survey enlarged mapping that is hosted on the Geograph
website, with these details being sent to Mark Jackson on 02.08.12.
Prior to this notification Mark Jackson had listed this hill
with c 100m of drop, based on the 412m summit spot height that appears on the
Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer maps, and an
estimated bwlch height of c 312m with its position being incorrectly placed. However, with a 317m spot height appearing at
the bwlch of this hill on the Ordnance Survey enlarged mapping hosted on the
Geograph website it meant this hill had less than 100m of drop. The summit and bwlch height of this hill was
examined via Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 mapping with a 1350ft (411.5m) summit height
and a 316.3m height at the bwlch confirming this hill has less than 100m of
drop.
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey enlarged mapping hosted on the Geograph website showing the 317m spot height on the area of this hill's bwlch |
The hill currently appears under the composition of
Coed-swydd in the Humps, having
previously been listed as Pen Coed-swydd, and it is adjoined to the Elfael
group of hills and is situated above the A 488 road which is to its north-west
and the A 44 road to its south, with the small communities of Pen-y-bont towards
the west south-west and Llandegley towards the south.
The reclassification of this hill from Hump to Subhump status
was accepted by Mark Jackson and its new classification augmented in to the
listing of the Humps in December 2012.
The full details for the hill are:
Summit Height: 412m
(as listed in the Humps)
Name: Coed-swydd (as
listed in the Humps)
OS 1:50,000 map: 148
OS 1:25,000 map: 200
Summit Grid Reference:
SO 13966 64618 (as listed in the Humps)
Drop: 95m (as listed in the Humps)
Myrddyn Phillips (September 2017)
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