Neuadd Fawr (SH 388 933)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill
that is listed in The Welsh P15s,
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:
The Welsh
P15s – Welsh hills with 15m
minimum drop, irrespective of their height, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Welsh Sub-P15s,
with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills with 14m or more
and below 15m of drop. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips, with the
Introduction to the list appearing on Mapping Mountains on the 10th
May 2019.
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The Welsh P15s by Myrddyn Phillips |
The hill is adjoined to the
Ynys Môn 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 coast and the A5025 road to its north, and minor roads to its west,
south and south-east, and has the village of Cemaes towards the west.
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Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
When the listing that became known as The Welsh P15s was being compiled, this
hill was listed under the point (Pt. 64m) notation with an estimated c 16m of
drop, based on the 64m summit spot height that appeared on the Ordnance Survey
Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the
Interactive Coverage Map and which now appears on the interactive mapping
hosted on the Magic Maps website, and an estimated c 48m bwlch height based on
interpolation of 5m contouring between 45m – 50m that appear on the Ordnance
Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.
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Extract from the Magic Maps website |
As the summit of this hill comprises bounded land the
details for it were examined on the Tithe map.
The term Tithe map is generally given to a map of a
Welsh or English parish or township and which was prepared after the 1836 Tithe
Commutation Act. This act allowed tithes
to be paid in cash rather than goods.
The Tithe maps gave names of owners and occupiers of land in each parish
and importantly for place-name research they also included the name of enclosed
land. This enclosed land is usually
based on a field system, however not every field is given a name, but many are
and especially so in Wales.
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Extract from the Tithe map |
The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is
situated is given the number 32 on the Tithe map, this can be cross referenced
against the apportionments; it is these apportionments that give the name of
the owner or occupier of the land as well as the name of the land. The land where the summit of this hill is
situated is named as Neuadd Fawr in the apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llanbadrig and in the
county named as Anglesey.
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Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in The Welsh P15s is Neuadd Fawr and this
was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Ynys
Môn
Name: Neuadd Fawr
Previously Listed Name: Pt. 64m
OS 1:50,000 map: 114
Summit Height: 64m (spot height)
Summit Grid
Reference: SH 38856 93336 (spot height)
Bwlch Height: c 48m (interpolation)
Bwlch Grid
Reference: SH 38968 93549
(interpolation)
Drop: c 16m (spot height summit and interpolated bwlch)
Myrddyn Phillips (July
2021)
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