Mapping Mountains – Hill Reclassifications – Y Pedwarau

Pt. 499.5m (SH 665 310) - 400m Sub Pedwar reclassified to Pedwar

There has been a reclassification of a 400m Sub-Pedwar to a Pedwar through surveying with the Trimble GeoXH 6000.  The hill is situated in some of the most uncompromising land in Wales as it is positioned on the central ridge of the northern Rhinogydd.  This ridge runs from Bwlch Tyddiad and the top of the Roman Steps in the south to the bwlch at the base of Clip beyond the summit of Craig Wion in the north.  The hill has been reclassified from 400m Sub-Pedwar status where it was listed with c 27m of drop.  The hill is being listed by the point (Pt. 499.5m) notation as at the time of writing the authors do not know either a local or historical name for the hill.

This now brings the overall total for the Y Pedwarau to 451 hills with four additions since publication of the list by Europeaklist in May 2013.  The hill will be added to the Y Pedwarau list in the 2^nd edition that will hopefully be published by Europeaklist.  The list of Pedwar hills is also available from the Haroldstreet website.

The full details for the hill are:

Cardinal Hill:  Y Llethr

Summit Height:  499.5m (converted to OSGM15)

Name:  Pt. 499.5m

OS 1:50,000 map:  124

Summit Grid Reference:  SH 665 310

Drop:  30.3m (converted to OSGM15)

Pt. 499.5m (SH 665 310) now reclassified to a Pedwar

For details on the survey that reclassified this hill to Pedwar status please click {here}

Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams (September 2014)