Bryn Eithin (SH 775 752)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill
that is listed in the 100m Twmpau,
with the summit height, its location, the drop and status of the hill confirmed
by LIDAR analysis, and a subsequent summit survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000
conducted by Myrddyn Phillips, with the latter taking place on the 10th
October 2018.
 |
| Bryn Eithin (SH 775 752) |
 |
| LIDAR image of Bryn Eithin (SH 775 752) |
The criteria for the list that this name change applies to
are:
100m Twmpau - Welsh hills at or above 100m and below 200m in height with 30m
minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the 100m Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh
hills at or above 100m and below 200m in height with 20m or more and below 30m
of drop, with the word Twmpau being
an acronym standing for thirty welsh metre prominences and upward.
The hill is adjoined to the Carneddau group of
hills, which are situated in the
north-western part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A1), and it is positioned with the B5106 road to its west
and the Afon Conwy (River Conwy) to its east, and has the town of Conwy towards
its north.
The hill originally appeared in the 100m P30 list
on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the name of Iolyn Park which is a name that appears on contemporary Ordnance Survey
1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer maps and which is placed relatively
close to this hill’s summit.
Iolyn Park
|
130c
|
115
|
17
|
During my early hill
listing I paid little regard to name placement on the map, or the meaning of
names and to what feature the name was appropriately applied to. Therefore I prioritised names for listing
purposes that I now understand are either inappropriate or where another name
is viewed as being more appropriate.
 |
| Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
When visiting this hill I met Richard Davies; an
employee at the Gorse Hill Caravan Park, which takes in land including the
summit of this hill. Richard kindly
directed me toward the high point and during our conversation referred to the
hill as Gorse Hill, which is another name that appears close to this hill’s
summit on contemporary Ordnance Survey maps.
On my way toward the top I then met Rob Thomas-Evelyn; the owner of the
site, Rob was concerned that someone was wandering about unannounced and asked
me to visit the site office for health and safety protocols after I had been to
the summit.
 |
| The summit of Bryn Eithin |
After visiting the summit I walked down to the
site office, where I greeted Rob, signed the visitor’s book and proceeded to
ask him about the hill and its name. Rob
confirmed the hill is known as Gorse Hill and unprompted referred to it as Bryn
Eithin, which is the literal translation of Gorse Hill.
 |
| LIDAR summit image of Bryn Eithin |
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in
the 100m Twmpau is Bryn Eithin, and
this was derived from local enquiry with the English equivalent appearing on
contemporary Ordnance Survey maps as Gorse Hill, with it being standard
practice to prioritise a Welsh name over a literal translation of it in to
English.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Carneddau
Name: Bryn Eithin
Previously Listed Name:
Iolyn Park
OS 1:50,000 map: 115
Summit Height: 128.5m
(converted to OSGM15)
Summit Grid Reference:
SH 77584 75224
Bwlch Height: 95.5m
(LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference:
SH 77644 75447 (LIDAR)
Drop: 33.0m (Trimble
summit and LIDAR bwlch)
Myrddyn Phillips (April 2019)
No comments:
Post a Comment