03.10.16 Stingwern
Hill (SJ 132 014)
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| Stingwern Hill (SJ 132 014) |
Stingwern Hill rises
above the Afon Rhiw (River Rhiw) which meanders to its north down toward the
quiet village of Aberriw (Berriew). It
was this village that Rick and Jen had made their base for a couple of nights as
their pursuit of setting a new 12 month record for the Marilyns continued.
This part of Wales is
ideal for such a venture as there are a number of Marilyns within easy access,
both from distance travelled between each and also from immediate access to the
summits from relatively high country roads.
By the time we met they had already visited Y Golfa (SJ 182 070), and
the next hill on the day’s schedule was Stingwern Hill, a 358m map heighted
hill that is adorned with a trig pillar at its summit. I’d only visited this hill once before with
Bob Kerr in October 2012 when we’d had a quick nine minute up and down visit to
its summit. Today was a little more
leisurely.
Part of the reason for a
leisurely walk was having the Trimble and wanting to survey two points that vie
for the accolade of summit position meaning that we would be on the summit area
for twenty minutes or so, but the glorious early October weather also dictated
a leisurely pace, as why rush when one can wander and soak in the warmth of
early Autumn.
Rick and Jen had a plan
to visit six Marilyns during the day and this seemed achievable even with a
Trimble chomping at the bit to produce accurate height data and with blue skies
and sunshine becalming all around.
Stingwern Hill is easily
accessed from its north where a car can be left in a tarmacked passing
place. I set off first to test my
recently sprained knee, by the time I was setting the Trimble up beside the
trig pillar on what was judged to be the high point of the hill, Rick and Jen
were making their way up to join me.
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| Rick and Jen on the way to the summit of Stingwern Hill |
Once five minutes of
data were gathered at the high point adjacent to the trig we headed south-west
for about 100 metres to where the other potential high point is positioned, we
all thought that this was lower when compared to the ground beside the trig
pillar, but it needed Trimbling and the height comparison will be interesting
once the data are processed.
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| Gathering data at the summit of Stingwern Hill |
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| Gathering data at the lower south-westerly point with the trig pillar and summit in the background |
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| Rick and Jen on Stingwern Hill |
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| The view south-west from Stingwern Hill |
After this second five
minute data set was gathered I packed the Trimble away and we sauntered down
the hill back to the car. Next stop
another Marilyn above Trefaldwyn (Montgomery).
Survey Result:
Stingwern Hill
Summit Height: 358.1m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000))
Summit Grid Reference: SJ 13282 01452 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)
Bwlch Height: c 179m (interpolation)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 09845 99748 (interpolation)
Drop: c 179m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)
Dominance: 50.01% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)
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