Cae Stil (SN 733 647)
There has been a
Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the 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.
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LIDAR image of Cae Stil (SN 733 647) |
The criteria for the
list that this name change applies to are:
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Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips |
The hill is adjoined to the Esgair Wen group of
hills, which are situated in the central part
of South Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with minor roads to its north-east and south-west,
and the B4343 road to its north-west, and has the village of Pontrhydfendigaid towards
the north.
Banc Gilfachydwn Fawr | 300c | SN733648 | 146/147 | 187 | Name from buildings to the West |
During my early hill listing I thought it
appropriate to either invent a name for a hill, or use a name that appeared
near to the summit of the hill on Ordnance Survey maps of the day. My preference was to use farm names and put Pen, Bryn
or Moel in front of them or as in
this instance transpose the name of a farm and add the word Banc to it. This is not a practice that I now advocate as
with time and inclination place-name data can be improved either by asking
local people or by examining historic documents, through this form of research
an appropriate name for the hill can usually be found.
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Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
As the summit of this hill comprises bounded land
the details for it were examined on the Tithe map. The
term Tithe map is generally given to a map of a Welsh or English parish or
township and which was prepared after the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act. This act allowed tithes to be paid in cash
rather than goods. The Tithe maps gave
names of owners and occupiers of land in each parish and importantly for
place-name research they also included the name of enclosed land. This enclosed land is usually based on a
field system, however not every field is given a name, but many are and
especially so in Wales.
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Extract from the Tithe map |
The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is
situated is given the number 1894 on the Tithe map, this can be cross
referenced against the apportionments; it is these apportionments that give the
name of the owner or occupier of the land as well as the name of the land. The land where the summit of this hill is
situated is named as Cae Stil in the
apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing
in the parish of Caron and in the county named as Cardigan.
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Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill is now
listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m
Hills of Wales is Cae Stil and this was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the
hill are:
Group: Esgair Wen
Name: Cae Stil
Previously Listed
Name: Banc Gilfachydwn Fawr
OS 1:50,000 map: 146, 147
Summit Height: 302.0m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid
Reference: SN 73377 64788 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 280.3m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid
Reference: SN 73406 64742 (LIDAR)
Drop: 21.75m (LIDAR)
My thanks to Aled
Williams for advise relating to the listed name of this hill
Myrddyn Phillips (March
2023)
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