Mapping Mountains – Significant Name Changes – The Welsh P15s

 

Craignant Hill (SJ 118 164) 

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in The Welsh P15s, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from a Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips. 

Craignant Hill (SJ 118 164)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

The Welsh P15s – Welsh hills with 15m minimum drop, irrespective of their height, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Welsh Sub-P15s, with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills with 14m or more and below 15m of drop.  The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips, with the Introduction to the list appearing on Mapping Mountains on the 10^th May 2019. 

The Welsh P15s by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Foel Cedig group of hills, which are situated in the southern part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned encircled by minor roads, with the B4393 road farther to its north-west, the B4382 road farther to its west, the A495 road farther to its south-east and the A490 road farther to its north-east, and has the town of Llanfyllin towards the north-east.

When the listing that became known as The Welsh P15s was being compiled, this hill was listed under the point (Pt. 329m) notation with an estimated c 14m of drop, based on the 329m summit spot height that appeared on the Ordnance Survey Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map and an estimated c 315m bwlch height based on interpolation of 10m contouring that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map. 

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

When visiting this hill I met the local farmer; John Evans, who farms from Tyncelyn which is situated towards the south-west of the hill.  John farms the land this hill is a part of and when I met him he was shepherding sheep up the lane to their field.  Once the sheep were penned in we talked about the hill that was adjacent to us.  John explained that although he now farms this land the hill is still known as Craignant Hill, through its past association with Craignant-mawr; a farm to the immediate north of the hill.  I asked John if its adjacent hill positioned at SJ 119 165 and which is given twin top map status with summits of 329m and which the Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey confirmed as higher with a summit height of 329.5m had a separate name, he said no, both hills are known by the same name; Craignant Hill. 

John Evans on the right with Aled Watkins

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in The Welsh P15s is Craignant Hill and this was derived from local enquiry. 

 

The full details for the hill are: 

Group:  Foel Cedig 

Name:  Craignant Hill

Previously Listed Name:  Pt. 329m 

OS 1:50,000 map:  125

Summit Height:  329.3m (converted to OSGM15)                                                           

Summit Grid Reference:  SJ 11893 16416 

Bwlch Height:  311.4m (converted to OSGM15) 

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SJ 11967 16505 

Drop:  18.0m 

 

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2022)