Mapping Mountains – Hill Reclassifications – Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales

 

Ffridd Cedig (SJ 006 150) – Trichant reclassified to Sub-Trichant

There has been a reclassification to the list of Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips. 

LIDAR image of Ffridd Cedig (SJ 006 150)

The criteria for the list that this reclassification applies to are:

Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales – 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 13^th May 2017, and the Introduction to the Mapping Mountains publication of the list appearing on the 1^st January 2022. 

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The name the hill is now listed by is Ffridd Cedig and this was derived from the Tithe map, and it is adjoined to the Esgeiriau Gwynion group of hills, which are situated in the southern part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with a minor road to its north, south-west and north-east, and the B4395 road to its south-east, and has the village of Llangadfan towards the south.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was included in the main P30 category with a summit height of c 340m.

After the sub list was standardised, and interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill were re-evaluated and it was listed with an estimated c 32m of drop, based on an estimated c 341m summit height and an estimated c 309m bwlch height, with both heights based on interpolation of 10m contouring that appear on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map. 

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

However, it was not until LIDAR became available that the details for this hill could be accurately re-assessed.  The LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) technique produced highly accurate height data that is now freely available for much of England and Wales.

Therefore, the reclassification of this hill to Sub-Trichant status is due to LIDAR analysis, resulting in a 339.7m summit height and a 309.8m bwlch height, with these values giving this hill 29.9m of drop, which is insufficient for it to be classified as a Trichant. 

 

The full details for the hill are: 

Group:  Esgeiriau Gwynion 

Name:  Ffridd Cedig 

OS 1:50,000 map:  125

Summit Height:  339.7m (LIDAR)                                                           

Summit Grid Reference:  SJ 00605 15009 (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Height:  309.8m (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SJ 00639 14751 (LIDAR) 

Drop:  29.9m (LIDAR) 

 

Myrddyn Phillips (May 2022)