Callow Hill (SO 460 850)
There has been a Significant Height Revision to a
hill that is listed in the Tumps, which
was initiated by a survey with the
Trimble GeoXH 6000 which took place on the 4th May 2018 in the
company of Bob Kerr, with clear and calm conditions on the hill.
The name of the hill is Callow Hill and it is
situated in Region 38 the Welsh Borders and in Section 38A Shropshire. The hill is positioned between the A 49 road to
its north-west and the B 4368 road to its south-east, and has the small town of
Craven Arms towards its south-west.
The summit of the hill and its upper north-eastern
section comprises mixed woodland which is a part of designated open access
land, with public footpaths accessing this land from the north-west and the
east.
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| Callow Hill (SO 460 850) with the Flounders' Folly on top |
Prior to the survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000
this hill was listed with a 336m summit height which is based either on
interpolation from the uppermost 335m contour ring on contemporary Ordnance
Survey 1:25,000 Explorer maps, or it is based on a 336m spot height that
appears on maps such as the one shown below.
The Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps also show heights that are
higher than the 336m listed height; two examples are also given below.
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| 336m spot height on Callow Hill |
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map published in 1903 |
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map published in 1953 |
This hill has a 24m (80ft) high stone tower near
its high point that is known as the Flounders’ Folly, and two data sets were
taken from land close to the base of this structure, with the first
approximately 30 metres from the tower and the second approximately seven
metres from its base, the land at the first survey was given as higher by the
Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey, with the caveat that the highest land on the hill
was judged visually to be on a small raised earthen embankment that is a part
of a boundary hedge, as this was considered a relatively recent man-made boundary
it was judged not to be a natural part of the hill.
The 339.1m (converted to OSGM15) summit height
produced by the Trimble GeoXH 6000 is 3.1m higher than the previously listed
height of 336m, which was based either on interpolation or on a spot height,
and therefore this new height comes within the parameters of the Significant
Height Revisions used within this page heading, these parameters are:
The term Significant Height Revisions applies to
any listed hill whose Ordnance Survey or Harvey map summit spot height has a 2m
or more discrepancy when compared to the survey result produced by the Trimble
GeoXH 6000 or analysis of data produced via LIDAR, also included are hills
whose summit map data is missing an uppermost ring contour when compared to the
data produced by the Trimble or by LIDAR, and also hill’s that do not possess a
summit spot height and whose estimated summit height has a 2m or more
discrepancy when compared to data produced either by the Trimble or by
LIDAR. As heights on different scaled
Ordnance Survey maps are not consistent the height given on the 1:25,000
Explorer map is being prioritised in favour of the 1:50,000 Landranger map for
detailing these revisions.
The summit of this hill is easily identified and
consists of grass beside the narrow path that follows the summit ridge in a
north-eastward direction from the stone tower, with the caveat that ground in a
boundary hedge was visually higher but judged to be man-made.
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| The Trimble GeoXH 6000 gathering data at the summit of Callow Hill |
Therefore this hill’s new summit height is 339.1m
(converted to OSGM15), which is 3.1m higher than its previously listed height
which came from interpolation or a spot height.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Stiperstones
Summit Height (New Height):
339.1m (converted to OSGM15)
Name: Callow Hill
OS 1:50,000 map: 137,
138
Summit Grid Reference:
SO 46075 85060
Drop: 157.0m (Trimble
summit and LIDAR col)
Myrddyn Phillips (June 2018)
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