Welsh Highlands - Uchafion Cymru

In November 2015, the ‘Welsh 500m P15s’ were introduced via an article published on Mapping Mountains.  This list is co-authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams and the introductory article concentrated on details relating to the criteria, history, hill names and regional split of the qualifying hills.  It also stated that it was hoped that the list in its entirety would be published within five years.

The list was introduced as ‘The Welsh 500m P15s’ with an extended title stating:

All hills in Wales at or above 500m in height with a minimum prominence of 15m; from the 500m summit of Esgair Saeson to the 1085m summit of Yr Wyddfa.

This brief synopsis serves as a progress update in our efforts to prepare this list for full publication.  As co-authors we have published a number of hill lists over recent years in booklet form, including ‘Y Pedwarau – The 400m Hills of Wales’, ‘The Fours – The 400m Hills of England’ and ‘Y Pellennig – The Remotest Hills of Wales’.  From the outset we envisaged that this latest list would be our most challenging to fully publish, based on the following reasons:

·         We aim to publish in book format.

·         The list will be accompanied by our extensive numerical and place-name research.

In all there are 631 hills that currently qualify for the main list.

The overall sub totals are currently 94 and this is an increase of five hills compared to the total in November 2015.

A detailed and continually updated Change Register is also available.

The current working title for the book is ‘The Welsh Highlands - Uchafion Cymru’, which we hope to publish in the foreseeable future.

Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams (June 2019)

The Welsh Highlands – November 2015 introductory article

 

The Welsh Highlands – January 2023 article giving second update