Mapping Mountains – Hill Reclassifications – 30-99m Twmpau

Pt. 22.2m (SM 701 226) – Double Sub-Twmpau addition

There has been an addition to the list of 30-99m Twmpau, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill confirmed by LIDAR analysis conducted by Aled Williams.

Pt. 22.2m (SM 701 226)

The criteria for the list that this addition applies to are:

30-99m Twmpau - Welsh hills at or above 30m and below 100m in height with 30m minimum drop, this height band of hills has two accompanying sub lists, the first of which is entitled the 30-99m Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills at or above 30m and below 100m in height with 20m or more and below 30m of drop, and the second sub category which this hill is a part of is entitled the Double Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills at or above 20m and below 30m 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.

As the authors do not know an appropriate name for this hill either from historic research or local enquiry it is being listed by the point (Pt. 22.2m) notation, and it is adjoined to the Carn Llidi group of hills which are situated in the south-western part of Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B4), and it is positioned in a small sheltered bay on the southern side of Ynys Dewi.

This hill did not appear in the accompanying Hills to be surveyed sub list when the original Welsh 30-99m P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, as it did not meet the criteria then used for this sub category, however this sub list has now been standardised, with interpolated drop values and interpolated summit heights also included.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Even when this sub list was standardised contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer maps do not give it any contour ring.  The lack of contour rings is also applicable to the Ordnance Survey Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website which is entitled the Interactive Coverage Map.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website

The details for this hill were re-assessed when the OS Maps website became available online.  This is the replacement for OS Get-a-map and has 5m contour intervals.  It was not subsequently included as a Double Sub-Twmpau as this mapping gives this hill an uppermost 15m ring contour.

Extract from the OS Maps website

However, it was not until LIDAR became available that the details for this hill could be accurately re-assessed.  The LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) technique produced highly accurate height data that is now freely available for much of England and Wales.

LIDAR image of Pt. 22.2m; 1m contour (black), 10m contour (red) and sea level (yellow)

Close up LIDAR image of Pt.  22.2m; 1m contour (black), 10m contour (red) and sea level (yellow)

The addition of this hill to Double Sub-Twmpau status is due to LIDAR analysis conducted by Aled Williams, resulting in a 22.2m summit height and as this is also its drop value as the connecting bwlch is below sea level, this confirms its addition to Double Sub-Twmpau status.

The full details for the hill are:

Group:  Carn Llidi

Name:  Pt. 22.2m

OS 1:50,000 map:  157

Summit Height:  22.2m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference:  SM 70180 22696 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height:  N/A, sea level

Bwlch Grid Reference:  N/A, sea level 

  

Drop:  22.2m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (June 2019)

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