Pt. 407.7m (SO 180 692) - Pedwar reclassified to 400m Sub-Pedwar
There has been another reclassification of a Pedwar to 400m Sub-Pedwar status by surveying with the Trimble GeoXH 6000, the third within the last month. The hill was listed as a Pedwar due to a basic levelling survey (BLS) that was conducted on the 15th December 2003 by Myrddyn Phillips and listed with the minimum qualifying drop of 30m. It was surveyed with the Trimble on the 8th April 2016 on a fine clear day.
There has been another reclassification of a Pedwar to 400m Sub-Pedwar status by surveying with the Trimble GeoXH 6000, the third within the last month. The hill was listed as a Pedwar due to a basic levelling survey (BLS) that was conducted on the 15th December 2003 by Myrddyn Phillips and listed with the minimum qualifying drop of 30m. It was surveyed with the Trimble on the 8th April 2016 on a fine clear day.
The hill has three potential positions for its bwlch, with
only two of these having been surveyed by BLS.
All three and its summit were surveyed with the Trimble GeoXH 6000. All survey results are given below, and listed
from north to south:
Bwlch 1 SO 18847
70099 379.468m (converted to OSGM15) critical bwlch for Pt. 407.7m
Bwlch 2 SO 18397
69858 379.635m (converted to OSGM15) critical bwlch for 394.0m high intermediary bump
Pt. 407.7m summit
407.722m (converted to OSGM15) SO 18077 69277
Bwlch 3 SO 18002
69004 378.278m (converted to OSGM15) critical bwlch for Weston Bank
BLS bwlch 2 to summit
102ft (31.1m) Trimble survey 28.1m
BLS bwlch 3 to summit
98.5ft (30.0m) Trimble
survey 29.4m
The critical bwlch for this hill is positioned at Bwlch 1 and
gives the hill 28.3m of drop.
The hill is situated in the northern hills of Fforest Glud
(Radnor Forest) with its Cardinal Hill being Great Rhos, and is positioned to
the north of the A 488 and situated between the small communities of
Llanfihangel Rhydithon to its south-west and Llangunllo to its north-east.
The hill is not named on current Ordnance Survey maps and was
originally listed by a part invented name of Pen Fraichwen in the Welsh 400m
P30 list that was published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website. When this list was duplicated to form the
category of Tumps listed by Mark Jackson the name was also unfortunately
duplicated. Things have moved on since
this time and we are not using invented names for hills, and where no local
name or historical name of merit is known we are now using the point (Pt. 407.7m)
notation.
The hill can be accessed from southward or northward of its
summit where rights of way approach the hill; however the actual summit is not
on open access land, so permission to visit should be sought. The hill can be combined with a number of
adjacent hills and an extended circuit can be devised from Bleddfa which is
situated eastward from the summit.
This now brings the overall total for Y Pedwarau to 445 hills
with five additions, and seven reclassifications to 400m Sub-Pedwar status since
publication of the list by Europeaklist in May 2013. The hill will be taken out of the main list
and added to the 400m Sub-Pedwar list in forthcoming publications. The list of Pedwar hills is available from
the Haroldstreet website.
The full details for the hill are:
Cardinal Hill: Great
Rhos
Summit Height: 407.7m (converted to OSGM15)
Name: Pt. 407.7m
OS 1:50,000 map: 136,
148
Summit Grid Reference:
SO 18077 69277
Drop: 28.3m (converted to OSGM15)
The list of additions and reclassifications from the Pedwar
list since the 1st edition of Y Pedwarau was published by Europeaklist
are as follows:
PEDWAR ADDITIONS
PEDWAR RECLASSIFICATIONS
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| Pt. 407.7m (SO 180 692) now reclassified to a 400m Sub-Pedwar |
For details on the survey that reclassified this hill from
Pedwar to 400m Sub-Pedwar status please click {here}
Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams (April 2016)
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