Ty’nlôn (SH 326 887)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the 30-99m Twmpau, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from detail on contemporary maps produced from Ordnance Survey data.
The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:
30-99m
Twmpau – Welsh hills at or above 30m
and below 100m in height that have 30m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the 30-99m
Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills at or
above 30m and below 100m 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 30-99m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips |
When the original 30-99m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill was listed under the invented and transposed name of Moel Llanrhyddlad, with an accompanying note stating; Name from the hamlet to the North-East.
Moel Llanrhyddlad | 95c | SH327888 | 114 | 262 | Name from the hamlet to the North-East |
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 hamlet and prefix it with the word Moel. 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.
Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
Extract from the Tithe map |
Extract from the apportionments |
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Ynys Môn
Name: Ty’nlôn
Previously Listed Name: Moel Llanrhyddlad
OS 1:50,000 map: 114
Summit Height: 97m (spot height)
Summit Grid Reference: SH 32697 88754 (spot height)
Bwlch Height: 68m (spot height)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 32526 89419 (spot height)
Drop: 29m (spot height summit and bwlch)
Myrddyn Phillips (July
2021)
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