Cymanfynydd Fach (SN
562 615)
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 Cymanfynydd Fach (SN 562 615) |
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 Mynydd Bach group of
hills, which are situated in the western
part of South Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned encircled by minor roads, with
the B4577 road farther to its north, the B4337 road farther to its west, the
B4342 road farther to its south and the B4576 road farther to its east, and has
the town of Aberaeron towards 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 words Bryn y 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 957 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 Cymanfynydd Fach
in the apportionments, with research conducted by Iwan Wmffre for the composition
of this name with his work detailed in the books entitled The Place-Names of
Cardiganshire published by the British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llanbadarn Trefeglwys
and in the county named as Cardiganshire.
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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 Cymanfynydd Fach and this was derived from the Tithe map with the
language protocol used for part of the name.
The full details for the
hill are:
Group: Mynydd Bach
Name: Cymanfynydd Fach
Previously Listed
Name: Bryn y Hafodhir
OS 1:50,000 map: 146
Summit Height: 315.6m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid Reference: SN 56285 61520 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 274.95m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid
Reference: SN 55869 60212 (LIDAR)
Drop: 40.7m (LIDAR)
My thanks to Aled Williams for advise relating to the listed name of this hill
Myrddyn Phillips
(December 2023)
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