16.09.21 Pt. 353.6m (SJ 249 539)
Pt. 353.6m (SJ 249 539) |
It was proving to be a lovely late afternoon with blue sky above interspersed with white and grey cloud, with darkened sky further north-east which illuminated in direct sunlight. There is a special quality to grey sky when struck by sunlight, it enhances foreground colour and adds a deep and rich coloured backdrop, when this happens I often stop and gaze.
From where I parked a good track which is also a public footpath leads past Tan-y-bryn to a higher house, it was here that I met the most delightful woman. She was walking with the aid of two sticks and her pet dog wagged its tail in my direction, she told me that he loved meeting strangers. I stopped and we talked at length about the hill just above her house. She was aged 90 and was full of knowledge of her surrounding area having lived here for more than 50 years. She told me that her house was originally a Tŷ-unnos; a house erected overnight and thus giving rights to the occupants to stay. The house has been developed since these days, but part of an original wall is still intact, she showed me by extending her arms the approximate width of this wall. I could have stopped for a while longer, just listening and asking questions, but I was still considering another hill after this walk, which when I got back to my car did not materialise. Thanking her for her time, she kindly directed me on my onward route following the continuation of the public footpath through a near gate and up the adjacent field behind her house.
Looking across the upper field toward the summit |
LIDAR image of Pt. 353.6m (SJ 249 539) |
Following the gorse downhill back toward the field adjacent to the old woman’s house I eventually found a gate which gave me access around the gorse, I was soon back where I had started from, this time knowing I was at the summit!
The Trimble was soon set up under a large gorse bush with the LIDAR ten figure grid reference indicating the high point to be just in the gorse. It took about 15 minutes for the 0.1m accuracy level to be attained before data should be logged, during this time I happily picked large blackberries from the mass of brambles overhanging the near fence.
Gathering data at the summit of 353.6m (SJ 249 539) |
The view across to the original listed summit of this hill |
I left knowing that this was my last hill of the day and wandered back to my car to change. It was still a beautiful late afternoon as I did so; I took my time and savoured the warm sunshine. I had come well prepared earlier in the day with details for summit and bwlch positions for nine hills, I knew that my late start meant that all would not be visited, but thought that four or five may be so. It turned out I only did three, but they were lovely and meeting a number of people en route just enhanced the experience.
Survey Result:
Pt. 353.6m (significant name change)
Summit Height: 353.6m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH
6000)
Summit Grid Reference: SJ 24997 53989 (Trimble GeoXH 6000) (summit relocation confirmed)
Bwlch Height: c 322m (interpolation)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 24041 53999 (interpolation)
Drop: c 32m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and
interpolated bwlch) (Sub-Trichant reclassified to Trichant)
Dominance: 8.94% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and
interpolated bwlch)
For further details please consult the Trimble Survey Spreadsheet
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