Mynydd yr Hôb (SJ 294 568)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill
that is listed in the Y Trichant and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height
and their locations, the drop and status of the hill confirmed by LIDAR
analysis and a summit survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000 conducted by Myrddyn
Phillips, with the latter taking place on the 13th October 2015.
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| LIDAR image of Mynydd yr Hôb (SJ 294 568) |
The criteria for the two listings that this name change
applies to are:
Y Trichant – Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 400m in
height that have 30m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Sub-Trichant with the criteria for this sub category being all
Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 400m in height with 20m or more and
below 30m of drop. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips, with the
Introduction to the list and the renaming of it appearing on Mapping Mountains
on the 13th May 2017.
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.
The hill is adjoined to the Moel y Gamelin group
of hills, which are situated in the north-eastern
part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A2), and it has the A541 road to its east and the A5104
road to its north-west and the B5101 road to its west, and has the small
communities of Caergwrle and Yr Hôb (Hope) towards the north-east.
This hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30
list published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the name of Hope Mountain, which is the name
appearing close to this hill’s summit on contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000
Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer maps of the day.
Hope Mountain
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330m
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117
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256
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Marilyn. Clem/Yeaman. Trig pillar.
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During my early hill listing I paid little regard
to the use of language, name
placement on the map, or the meaning of names and to what feature the name was
appropriately applied to. Therefore I
prioritised names for listing purposes that I now understand are either
inappropriate or where another name is viewed as being more appropriate.
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger map |
The intricacies of language and prioritising one
in favour of another for listing a hill is fraught with complication, with originating
Cymraeg names being anglicised and also originating English names being
cymricised, examples such as these are more common in border country and
especially so for anglicised forms.
There is no steadfast rule that fits all, but as a standard a name that
has its origins in the Welsh language and where this is substantiated by either
historic documentation and / or contemporary usage should be prioritised in
favour of a contemporary anglicised or English version of the name. Likewise, if a name exists where an element
of it is in English and if this name applies to a hill that is situated in a
Welsh speaking part of Wales it is standard practice to use a full Welsh term
for the name.
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| The Trimble GeoXH 6000 gathering data at the summit of Mynydd yr Hôb |
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in
the Y Trichant and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales is
Mynydd yr Hôb, and this
was derived from online sources substantiating the present day use of its Welsh
name, and this is prioritised over its English equivalent which for listing
purposes is standard practice.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Moel y Gamelin
Name: Mynydd yr Hôb
Previously Listed Name:
Hope Mountain
OS 1:50,000 map: 117
Summit Height: 330.0m
(converted to OSGM15)
Summit Grid Reference:
SJ 29476 56892
Bwlch Height: 142.7m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference:
SJ 26903 58849 (LIDAR)
Drop: 187.3m (Trimble
summit and LIDAR bwlch)
Dominance: 56.76% (Trimble
summit and LIDAR bwlch)
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