Buddugre (SO 089 700)
There has been a
Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Pedwarau, with the summit height being
confirmed by a Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips and
which took place on the 10th July 2018, and the bwlch height
confirmed by LIDAR analysis conducted by Aled Williams and subsequently by
Myrddyn Phillips.
Buddugre (SO 089 700) |
The criteria for the
list that this name change applies to are:
Y Pedwarau – Welsh hills at or above 400m and below 500m
in height that have 30m minimum drop.
The list is co-authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams, with the
introduction to the Mapping Mountains publication of this list appearing on the
30th January 2017.
The hill is adjoined to the Pegwn
Mawr range of hills which are situated in the north-eastern part of Mid and
West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned between the stream
valleys of the Clywedog Brook to its west and the Afon Ieithon (River Ithon) to
its east, and has the small community of Abaty Cwm-hir (Abbeycwmhir) towards
the west north-west.
The hill appeared in the
original Welsh P30 lists under the 400m P30 height band on Geoff Crowder’s
v-g.me website, under the name of Beddugre
Hill, which is the name given the hill on contemporary Ordnance Survey maps.
Beddugre Hill
|
419m
|
136/147
|
200/214
|
Clem/Yeaman
|
Hill list authors are prone to list a hill by the
name that appears nearest to its summit on contemporary Ordnance Survey maps,
without much consideration for its local or historical confirmation, or whether
map placement is appropriate, and in the case of this name the Hill part is a later addition as
evidenced by detail on the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map and the series
of Ordnance Survey Six-Inch maps.
Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
Since publication of
these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of
Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historical such
as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website,
whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the Interactive
Coverage Map hosted on the Geograph website.
Two of the historical maps now available are the Ordnance Survey Draft
Surveyors map which formed the basis for the Ordnance Survey One-Inch ‘Old
Series’ map.
Extract from the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map |
Extract from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps |
The Draft Surveyors maps
consist of the preliminary drawings made by the Ordnance Survey’s surveyors
between the 1780s and 1840 and formed the basis for the first publicly
available One-Inch map. They were drawn
at scales of six inches to the mile for areas considered of particular military
significance and down to two inches to the mile for other areas. Fair copies were then produced from these
preliminary drawings to one inch to the mile and then copper plates were
prepared for printing. The Draft
Surveyors maps for the whole of Wales are now available online and they form an
important part in the study of Welsh upland place-names as they bridge the time
frame between the late 18th century and the mid-19th
century when the Ordnance Survey produced their first One-Inch maps.
The later edition of the word Hill is also tautological as Buddugre can be translated as victory hill. The name Buddugre is the originator of the
name that appears on contemporary Ordnance Survey maps; Beddugre Hill, which is
a tautological anglicised version of the hill name.
Therefore, the name this hill is
now listed by in the Y Pedwarau is Buddugre, and this was
derived from the originator name that is widely referenced online.
The full details for the
hill are:
Group: Pegwn Mawr
Name: Buddugre
Previously Listed
Name: Beddugre Hill
OS 1:50,000 map: 136, 147
Summit Height: 417.9m (converted to OSGM15)
Summit Grid
Reference: SO 08919 70025
Bwlch Height: 304.5m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 08883 71933 (LIDAR)
Drop: 113.3m (Trimble summit and LIDAR bwlch)
Myrddyn Phillips and
Aled Williams (December 2018)
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