Bryn-glas Bank (SO 103 559)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that was surveyed for potential Y Trichant status, with the summit height and lowest summit of the hill being confirmed by a Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey which took place on the 6th September 2017.
The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:
The hill is adjoined to the Fforest Glud range, this group of hills is situated in the south-eastern part of Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and the hill is positioned between the two small communities of Frank’s Bridge to the east and Llansanffraid-yn-Elfael (Llansantffraed-in-Elwel) to the south south-west.
Bryn-glas Bank (SO 103 559) on the right, with Gwernhwsmon Bank (SO 105 559) on the left |
The summit is adjoined to a higher summit, both of
which can be construed as being a part of the same hill, with a 356m and 357m
map height respectively. The hill
appeared in the 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the name
of Hirllwyn Bank. Although the lower summit
does not have sufficient prominence to qualify even for Sub-Twmpau status it is worthwhile documenting the name of it.
Hirllwyn Bank | 357m | SO105559 | 148 | 200 | Trig pillar |
During my early hill listing I paid little regard
to name placement on a map, or the meaning of names and to what feature the
name was appropriately applied to and used many names that seemingly applied to
a hill and whose placement was nearest the summit of the hill on Ordnance
Survey maps of the day. Therefore I
prioritised names for listing purposes that I now understand are inappropriate. This hill is such an example, and as both summits
consist of bounded
land the details for each were examined on the Tithe map.
The term Tithe map is generally given to a map of a
Welsh or English parish or township and which was prepared after the 1836 Tithe
Commutation Act. This act allowed tithes
to be paid in cash rather than goods.
The Tithe maps gave names of owners and occupiers of land in each parish
and importantly for place-name research they also included the name of enclosed
land. This enclosed land is usually
based on a field system, however not every field is given a name, but many are
and especially so in Wales.
The enclosed land where the lower summit of this hill is situated is given the number 252 on the Tithe map |
The enclosed land where the lower summit of this
hill is situated is given the number 252 on the Tithe map, this can be cross
referenced against the apportionments; it is these apportionments that give the
name of the owner or occupier of the land as well as the name of the land. The land where the summit of this hill is
situated is named as Bank on the
Tithe map and described as Pasture,
importantly the land is that adjoined to the farm of Bryn-glas, in affect it is
the Bank of Bryn-glas, or simply put; Bryn-glas Bank; the details on the
Tithe map appear in the county named as
Radnor and in the parish of Llansanffraid-yn-Elfael.
When cross referenced in the apportionments the enclosed land is named Bank and is adjoined to Brynglas |
When visiting this hill and its near neighbours I
made several place-name enquiries, one of which was with Philip Dyke who was
out on his quad bike on a field directly below this hill’s summit. Philip is aged 62 and farms from Gwernfach
having lived there for 57 years, with his family having lived in this area for
hundreds of years, and he confirmed that the land where the lower summit is
situated is known as Bryn-glas Bank, and the land of the higher summit is known
as Gwernhwsmon Bank which also confirms information from the Tithe map.
Therefore, if this summit were higher than Gwernhwsmon Bank (357.3m [converted to OSGM15] at SO 10538 55967) it would be listed as Bryn-glas Bank in the Y Trichant, and this name was derived from the Tithe map and also confirmed locally.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Fforest Glud
Name: Bryn-glas Bank
Previously Listed Name:
(higher summit previously listed as) Hirllwyn Bank
Summit Height: 354.3m
(converted to OSGM15)
OS 1:50,000 map: 148
Summit Grid Reference:
SO 10338 55952
Drop: c 7m
Myrddyn Phillips (October 2017)
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