Yr Arwydd (SH 388 824)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill
that is listed in the 100m Twmpau,
with the summit height determined by a survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000
conducted by Myrddyn Phillips, which took place on the 28th October
2018.
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| The summit of Yr Arwydd is in the background on the right |
The criteria for the list that this name change
applies to are:
100m Twmpau - Welsh hills at or above 100m and below 200m in height with 30m
minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the 100m Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all
Welsh hills at or above 100m and below 200m in height with 20m or more and
below 30m of drop, with the word Twmpau
being an acronym standing for thirty
welsh metre prominences and upward.
The hill is adjoined to the Ynys Môn group of hills, which are situated in the north-western part of
North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A1), and
it is positioned with the B5112 road to its south-east, and has the small
community of Carmel to its south-west.
When the origin 100m height band of Welsh P30
hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed
under the partly invented and transposed name of Bryn Carmel, with an accompanying note stating; Name from hamlet to the South-West.
Bryn Carmel
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116m
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114
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262
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Trig pillar. Name from hamlet to the South-West
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During my early hill listing I thought it
appropriate to either invent a name for a hill, or use a name that appeared
near to the summit of the hill on Ordnance Survey maps of the day. My preference was to use farm names and put Pen, Bryn
or Moel in front of them or as in
this instance transpose the name of the small community to the south-west of
the summit of the hill and put the word Bryn in front of it. This is not a practice that I now advocate as
with time and inclination place-name data can be improved either by asking
local people or by examining historic documents, through this form of research
an appropriate name for the hill can usually be found.
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
As the summit of this hill comprises bounded land
the details for it 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.
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| Extract from the Welsh Tithe Maps website showing the comparison details taken from the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map |
The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is
situated is given the number 30a 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 Yr arwydd in the apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llechgynfarwy and in
the county named as Anglesey.
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| Extract from the apportionments |
After visiting this hill I asked a person who was
working outside one of the houses in Carmel if they knew where the local farmer
lived, I was directed up the lane to a bungalow which is positioned beside the
field where the summit of the hill is situated.
Having knocked on its door, Medwen Roberts opened it and greeted me with
a smile, I said hello and introduced myself and explained my interest in her
field and asked if she knew a name for the hill or the field where its summit
is situated, she told me the hill has no name but the field is known as Yr
Arwydd. During our conversation Medwen explained
that this is her field and that she had lived in Carmel for 60 years and is now
aged 79. Before leaving I walked to the
gate with Medwen that gives access to her field from her bungalow and she
kindly stood beside it whilst I took a series of photographs.
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| Medwen Roberts |
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in
the 100m Twmpau is Yr Arwydd, and
this was derived from the Tithe map and substantiated by local enquiry.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Ynys Môn
Name: Yr Arwydd
Previously Listed Name:
Bryn Carmel
OS 1:50,000 map: 114
Summit Height: 116.9m (converted
to OSGM15)
Summit Grid Reference:
SH 38800 82447
Bwlch Height: c 79m
Bwlch Grid Reference:
SH 40939 83373 (I)
Drop: c 38m
Myrddyn Phillips (May 2019)
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