03.10.18 Yr Orsedd (SH 299 270)
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| Yr Orsedd (SH 299 270) |
Part of the fun of
visiting a small heighted hill is the adventure of getting to its summit; this
can involve all manner of clandestine manoeuvres and even when within reach of
its all-important high point a profusion of undergrowth can add complication to
the matter at hand. Visiting these small
heighted hills also gives opportunity to make local place-name enquiries as
many of these hills do not possess a map name.
Having visited three
near hills and gone on a bag of chips hunt for a lunch time snack Aled and I
headed the short distance from Abersoch south-westward toward the small
community of Llanengan, where two fields about 500 metres apart vie for the
accolade of claiming P30 status. The
prestige of being classified as the P30 used to belong to the 64m map heighted
south-westerly hill which is known locally as Bryn Tŷ Newydd,
however eagle eyed map studiers spotted that the Ordnance Survey Interactive
Coverage Map hosted on the Geograph website gives a 66m spot height to the
north-easterly hill which is known locally as Yr Orsedd.
As LIDAR confirms Yr Orsedd
as higher than Bryn Tŷ Newydd we only had the former on our radar to
visit and Trimble today. I parked my car
to the east of the summit, toward the end of a road junction giving sufficient
space for other cars to pass and away we went heading toward a gate which gave
access to a manicured field leading toward the summit of the hill.
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| Aled heading toward the summit |
Even from this approach
the gorse on the upper part of the hill was on show and as we arrived at the
boundary fence adjacent to the summit it looked positively evil. Aled headed in to it first and easily found
the high point, he stood on the summit amongst the gorse, chest high in the
stuff, and this didn’t give me much hope for Trimble satellite reception. I soon joined Aled and positioned the Trimble
atop my rucksack giving it a semblance of elevation above its immediate
surrounds, and stood back as it ebbed down to its 0.1m accuracy level before
data should be logged. This was attained
remarkably quickly considering its position, and once gathering data I left it
in situ for ten minutes.
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| Aled at the summit of Yr Orsedd |
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| Gathering data at the summit of Yr Orsedd |
As the Trimble gathered
its allotted data I looked out toward Garn Fadrun, its scree laden slopes edged
in a hint of afternoon sunshine. To the
south-west Bryn Tŷ Newydd shone back manicured green with a foreground of
grazing cattle and Mynydd Cilan as backdrop.
Below us a quad bike buzzed around in the adjacent field, and we wondered
if this was the local farmer, and if so he would probably be able to help with
the name of the hill, but as I switched the Trimble off and packed it away he had
driven off.
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| The Trimble set-up position at the summit of Yr Orsedd |
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| The scree laden slopes of Garn Fadrun |
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| The manicured grazing fields of Bryn Tŷ Newydd |
We descended north from
the summit and called at a house hoping to ask about the hill and its name, no
one was in. Undeterred I headed up the
road toward the next house and Kate met us on her drive, once introductions and
explanations had been given she explained that her partner; Wyn, was the farmer
who we had seen on his quad bike and that he had headed down to Porth Neigwl
(Hell’s Mouth) to feed the cattle.
Thanking Kate we went in search of Wyn.
I flagged Wyn down as he
drove back up the road from Porth Neigwl and he told us the names for both
hills; Yr Orsedd and Bryn Tŷ Newydd, the details of which
will appear in a Significant Name Changes post, and after thanking Wyn
for his time we headed north toward our next hill; Moel y Penmaen (SH 338 386).
Survey Result:
Yr Orsedd (significant name change)
Summit Height: 67.5m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)
Summit Grid Reference: SH 29952 27038 (Trimble GeoXH 6000) (summit relocation confirmed)
Bwlch Height: 32.0m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 29808 27337 (LIDAR)
Drop: 35.4m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch) (30-99m Sub-Twmpau reclassified to 30-99m Twmpau)
Dominance: 52.52% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)
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