Bryn (SH 426 361) – Dominant addition
There has been confirmation of an addition to the
list of Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of
Wales, with the P30 status that initiated this addition suggested by Chris
Pearson in February 2018 and its P30 status confirmed by LIDAR analysis
conducted by Chris Crocker. The hill was
subsequently analysed using LIDAR and surveyed with the Trimble GeoXH 6000 by
Myrddyn Phillips, with the latter taking place on the 10th September
2018.
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| LIDAR image of Bryn |
The criteria for the list that this addition applies to are:
Y Trechol - The Dominant Hills of
Wales - Welsh P30 hills whose prominence
equal or exceed half that of their absolute height. With the
criteria for Lesser Dominant status being those additional Welsh P30 hills whose
prominence is between one third and half that of their absolute height, with
the Introduction to the Mapping Mountains publication of this list appearing on
the 3rd December 2015.
When the original Welsh P30 hills were published
on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill appeared in the accompanying Hills to be surveyed sub list as it did
not meet the criteria then used for the main P30 list; however this sub list
has now been standardised with drop values and interpolated heights also
included in the main P30 and the accompanying sub list.
When this list was standardised and interpolated
heights also included this hill was listed with an estimated c 28m of drop,
based on the 36m summit spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey
1:25,000 Explorer map and an estimated bwlch height of c 8m based on
interpolation of bwlch contouring between 0 – 10m.
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
These values were re-evaluated when the Ordnance
Survey Interactive Coverage Map hosted on the Geograph website became available
online, and as this map has 5m contour intervals the bwlch contouring was
reassessed. However, as there is a rail
line passing through this bwlch the contours on this map are not continuous and
could in affect be between 0 – 5m or between 5m – 10m at the critical point of
the bwlch, they were taken as being between 5m – 10m with an estimated c 7m
height for the bwlch, giving this hill c 29m of drop which is still
insufficient to consider for Dominant status.
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey Interactive Coverage Map hosted on the Geograph website |
The locally known name of the hill is Bryn, and
this is the name it is now listed by, and it is adjoined to the Pen Llŷn group of hills, which are situated in the western part of North
Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A1), and
is positioned overlooking the sea to its south and the A 497 road to its north,
and has the town of Pwllheli towards the west.
As the summit of this hill is not a part of
designated open access land permission to visit should be sought, for those
wishing to do so a public footpath approaches the hill from its north and
access to the summit is relatively easy from here via its north-west which
avoids the majority of gorse on its upper slopes.
Prior to the Trimble
GeoXH 6000 survey this hill’s summit and bwlch contours were analysed with
LIDAR, with the conclusion that the hill is not a natural P30 as LIDAR bwlch
contouring implies that the natural bwlch would once have been over 7m in
height. This bwlch is now reduced in
height due to a railway cutting.
An appropriate name for
the hill was also researched via the Tithe map, finding that the upper section
of the hill which now comprises one field, used to comprise two, with the
boundary between each showing as a slight elevation on LIDAR. This boundary although old, is not ancient,
and would be a man-made construction.
LIDAR also shows that the natural summit of this hill still exists,
close to the old field boundary.
Therefore I wanted to take data sets from the slightly raised field
boundary, and the natural summit with LIDAR giving two potential positions for
this, with one adjacent to the old field boundary and the other a few metres
distant from it.
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| LIDAR image of Bryn with the old raised field boundary on the right |
Therefore, three data
sets were taken with the Trimble GeoXH 6000 from the summit area of this hill,
resulting in:
1st
survey: 36.750m at SH 42673 36171
(raised old field boundary)
2nd
survey: 36.5965m at SH 42668 36171
(average of two surveys)
3rd
survey: 36.675m at SH 42656 36173
(natural summit)
Therefore, the height
produced by the Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey to the natural summit of this hill is
36.7m and is positioned at SH 42656 36173, with LIDAR analysis giving a 6.6m
bwlch height positioned at SH 43103 36535, with these values giving this hill
30.0m of drop and 81.88% dominance, these values confirm this hill’s addition
to Dominant status.
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| Gathering data with the Trimble GeoXH 6000 at the summit of Bryn |
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Pen Llŷn
Name: Bryn
OS 1:50,000 map: 123
Summit Height: 36.7m
(converted to OSGM15) (natural summit)
Summit Grid Reference:
SH 42656 36173 (natural summit)
Bwlch Height: 6.6m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference:
SH 43103 36535 (LIDAR)
Drop Summit to Bwlch: 30.0m
(Trimble summit and LIDAR bwlch)
Drop Bwlch to ODN:
6.6m (LIDAR)
Dominance: 81.88%
My thanks to Chris Pearson for suggesting this hill as a P30
and to Chris Crocker for initial LIDAR analysis
Myrddyn Phillips (February 2019)
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