The BEFours – The
400m Hills of Britain and éire
The concept of the BEFours was first mentioned in an article that introduced the BritFours published on Mapping Mountains
and in the RHSoc magazine in March 2018.
This concept has now materialised in to a published list hosted on Phil
Newby’s website; Haroldstreet.
The BEFours
comprise all British and Irish hills at or above 400m and below 500m in height
that have 30m minimum drop. There are
2390 qualifying hills in this list and its component parts are the 400m P30s of
England, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales, and there is no addition sub
list.
Data for these lists were initially originated by
the late E D ‘Clem’ Clements and Myrddyn Phillips, with the custodianship of
Clem’s list now transferred to his Legacy Committee. Their publication details are:
The 400m Hills of England, 400m Hills of Isle of Man and the 400m Hills of Wales were first listed by
Myrddyn Phillips and published on the RHB file database in December 2002.
The 400m Hills of Ireland were
listed by Myrddyn Phillips and sent to the Mountaineering Council of Ireland in
late 2002. The list was subsequently
published by MountainViews in 2007 (under the banner of ‘The Carns’), and later
revised for DoBIH publication in 2013.
E D ‘Clem’ Clements was first to list the Scottish 400m P30s; these were published in March 2008 and appeared as a part of the Marilyn Tops of Scotland spreadsheet in the RHB file database.
It was the British data of these lists that were collated by Mark
Jackson for the 400m banding of Tumps published
June 2009.
The component parts to the BEFours have moved on since these lists first materialised 11 – 17
years ago. Clem’s Scottish 400m list is
now augmented into the Tumps, while
the Welsh and English 400m lists are now co-authored with Aled Williams and
have been re-named to Y Pedwarau – The
400m Hills of Wales and The Fours –
The 400m Hills of England; these developments have refined the lists in
terms of numerical data and hill-name information. The 400m
Hills of Ireland list aligns with that of the current DoBIH publication.
The source lists for the BEFours are available on Haroldstreet, Mapping Mountains and the
DoBIH.
BEFours – The 400m Hills of Britain and éire – comprises all English, Irish,
Manx, Scottish and Welsh hills 400m or more and below 500m in height that have
30m minimum drop and the list is available on Haroldstreet.
Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams (March 2020)
The BEFours is available on the Haroldstreet website
The BEFours is available on the Haroldstreet website
This combined list is dedicated to the memory of E D ‘Clem’ Clements
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