Mapping Mountains – Hill Reclassifications – 30-99m Twmpau

 

Tyn Llan (SH 320 933) – Double Sub-Twmpau addition 

There has been an addition to the list of Double Sub-Twmpau adjoined to the 30-99m Twmpau, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from detail on contemporary maps produced from Ordnance Survey data. 

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 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. 

The 30-99m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips

The name the hill is listed by is Tyn Llan and this was derived from the Tithe map, and it 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), as is positioned with the coast on all sides except for its south-east and has a minor road to its south-east and east, and has the village of Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy towards the south. 

When the original 30-99m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill was not included in the Hills to be surveyed sub list, as it was considered not to meet the criteria then used for this sub category. 

When the sub list was standardised, and interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill were re-assessed and it was listed with an estimated c 27m of drop, based on the 29m summit spot height and an estimated c 2m bwlch height, with the latter based on interpolation of 5m contouring between 0 – 5m that appear on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map. 

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

The details for this hill have been re-evaluated and it is now listed with 25m of drop, based on the 29m summit spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and the 4m bwlch spot height that appears on the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps website. 

Extract from the Magic Maps website

Therefore, the addition of this hill to Double Sub-Twmpau status is due to detail on contemporary maps produced from Ordnance Survey data, resulting in a 29m summit height and a 4m bwlch height, with these values giving this hill 25m of drop which is sufficient for it to be classified as a Double Sub-Twmpau. 

 

The full details for the hill are: 

Group:  Ynys Môn

Name:  Tyn Llan

OS 1:50,000 map:  114

Summit Height:  29m (spot height)

Summit Grid Reference:  SH 32084 93367 (spot height)

Bwlch Height:  4m (spot height)

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SH 32275 93087 (spot height) 

Drop:  25m (spot height summit and bwlch)

 

Myrddyn Phillips (June 2021)