Pt. 104.3m (SN 712 990)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the 100m Twmpau, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill confirmed by LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.
LIDAR image of Pt. 104.3m (SN 712 990) |
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 100m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips |
Extrect from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
Mynydd Morben | 100c | SN712990 | 135 | 23 | Name from hall and farm to the North |
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 near hall and farm and prefix it with the word Mynydd. 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.
However, occasionally even when research is conducted an appropriate name for the hill may not be found, and on such occasions the listing protocol is to use the point (Pt. 104.3m) notation, and for this hill, this is such an example.
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the 100m Twmpau is Pt. 104.3m, and this is being used as the author has not found an appropriate name for it either through historic research and / or local enquiry.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Pumlumon
Name: Pt. 104.3m
Previously Listed Name: Mynydd Morben
OS 1:50,000 map: 135
Summit Height: 104.3m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid Reference: SN 71207 99002 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 73.0m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 71498 98989 (LIDAR)
Drop: 31.2m (LIDAR)
Myrddyn Phillips (April
2021)
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