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Tuesday 3 August 2021

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales

Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales – Significant Name Changes

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales are the Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 40om in height that have a minimum drop of 30m. Accompanying the main P30 list is a sub list entitled the Sub-Trichant, with the qualification to this sub category being all Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 400m in height with 20m or more and below 30m of drop, with the Introduction to the re-naming of this list and its publication history appearing on Mapping Mountains on 13th May 2017.

The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips and the posts that have appeared on Mapping Mountains detailing the Significant Name Changes to the main P30 list and the sub list appear below presented chronologically in receding order.

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pt. 310.4m (SH 677 201) - 140th Significant Name Change

LIDAR image of Pt. 310.4m (SH 677 201)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales. Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 400m in height that have 30m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Sub-Trichant with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 400m in height with 20m or more and below 30m of drop. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips, with the Introduction to the list and the renaming of it appearing on Mapping Mountains on the 13^th May 2017.

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Y Llethr group of hills, which are situated in the western part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A2), and it is positioned with minor roads to its west south-west and east, and the A496 road to its south, and has the small community of Bontddu towards the south south-west.

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the invented and transposed name of Pen y Clogau, with an accompanying note stating; Name from mine to the West.

Pen y Clogau

310m

SH678201

124

Name from mine to the West

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 mine and prefix it with the words Pen y. 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

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. 310.4m) notation, and for this hill this is such an example.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pt. 310.4m, and this is being used as the author has not found an appropriate name for the hill either through historic research and / or local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Y Llethr

Name: Pt. 310.4m

Previously Listed Name: Pen y Clogau

OS 1:50,000 map: 124

Summit Height: 310.4m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 67766 20142 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 251.2m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 67752 20526 (LIDAR)

Drop: 59.2m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (January 2022)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pt. 385m (SH 627 326) - 139th Significant Name Change

Hill Reclassifications post for Pt. 385m

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, 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:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Y Llethr group of hills, which are situated in the western part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A2), and it is positioned with minor roads to its west and south, and the B4573 road and the A496 road farther to its west, and has the village of Harlech towards the west south-west.

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the invented and transposed name of Pen y Fedw, with an accompanying note stating; Name from lake to the North-West.

Pen y Fedw

380c

SH628326

124

Name from lake to the North-West.

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 lake and prefix it with the word Pen. 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

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. 385m) notation, and for this hill this is such an example.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pt. 385m, and this is being used as the author has not found an appropriate name for the hill either through historic research and / or local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Rhinogydd

Name: Pt. 385m

Previously Listed Name: Pen y Fedw

OS 1:50,000 map: 124

Summit Height: 385m (spot height)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 62790 32628 (hand-held GPS via DoBIH)

Bwlch Height: 351m (spot height)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 62933 33128 (spot height)

Drop: 34m (spot height summit and bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (January 2022)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Garth (SN 946 504) - 138th significant name change

LIDAR image of Garth (SN 946 504)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with the B4358 road to its north-west, the A483 road to its south-west and a minor road to its east, and has the village of Beulah towards the west north-west.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the name of Garth Bank, which is the name given the hill on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Garth Bank

301m

SN947505

147

188

Clem/Yeaman. Trig pillar

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the Vector Map Local that was hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map and the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites. Two of the historic maps now available are the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map which formed the basis for the first publicly available Ordnance Survey One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map, and it is these maps that form the basis for the change in the listed name of this hill.

The Draft Surveyors maps consist of the preliminary drawings made by Ordnance Survey surveyors between the 1780s and 1840 and formed the basis for the first publicly available One-Inch map. They were drawn at scales of six inches to the mile for areas considered of particular military significance and down to two inches to the mile for other areas. Fair copies were then produced from these preliminary drawings to one inch to the mile and then copper plates were prepared for printing. The Draft Surveyors maps for the whole of Wales are now available online and they form an important part in the study of Welsh upland place-names as they bridge the time frame between the late 18^th century and the mid-19^th century when the Ordnance Survey produced their first One-Inch maps, and importantly for this hill and its listed name, it is this map that gives the originating Welsh name for this hill.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map

The One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map was the first map that Ordnance Survey produced, and their publication culminated from the whole of Britain being surveyed between 1791 and 1874 and the detail gathered therein produced at a scale of one inch to the mile and published in sheet format between 1805 and 1874. The One-Inch ‘Old Series’ maps for the whole of Wales are now available online; they are also available in map format as enlarged and re-projected versions to match the scale and dimensions of the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series and are published by Cassini. This series of maps form another important part in the study of Welsh upland place-names and bridge the timeframe leading up to the production of the Ordnance Survey base map of the Six-Inch series, and again, it is this map that gives the originating Welsh name for this hill.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey One-Inch 'Old Series' map

The intricacies of language and prioritising one in favour of another for listing a hill is fraught with complication, with originating Cymraeg names being anglicised and also originating English names being cymricised, examples such as these are more common in border country and especially so for anglicised forms. There is no steadfast rule that fits all, but as a standard a name that has its origins in the Welsh language should be prioritised in favour of a contemporary anglicised or English version of the name, and ideally for this to be substantiated by either historic documentation and / or contemporary usage. Likewise, if a name exists where an element of it is in English and if this name applies to a hill that is situated in a Welsh speaking part of Wales it is standard practice to use a full Welsh term for the name. It is also standard practice to use a Welsh name for a hill if another name exists that has originated in a different language.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Garth, and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map and the One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map, with the Welsh name for this hill prioritised over its part English counterpart, which for listing purposes is standard practice.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Garth

Previously Listed Name: Garth Bank

OS 1:50,000 map: 147

Summit Height: 301.2m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 94677 50495 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 203.6m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 95257 51303 (LIDAR)

Drop: 97.6m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (December 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Erw’r Felyn (SN 896 507) - 137th significant name change

LIDAR image of Erw'r Felyn (SN 896 507)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with a minor road to its south-west and the A483 road to its south-east, and has the village of Beulah towards the east north-east.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the transposed name of Tir-garw, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the East.

Tir-garw

316m

SN896507

147

187

Name from buildings to the 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 farm and use it for that of the hill. 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

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.

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 87 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 Erw’r Felyn, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llangamarch and in the county named as Brecon.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Erw’r Felyn and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Erw’r Felyn

Previously Listed Name: Tir-garw

OS 1:50,000 map: 147

Summit Height: 316.9m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 89677 50743 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 284.0m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 89357 50837 (LIDAR)

Drop: 32.9m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (December 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Moel Gwyn Fynydd (SH 739 297) - 136th significant name change

LIDAR image of Moel Gwyn Fynydd (SH 739 297)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with minor roads to its north-east and west, and the A470 road farther to its west, and has the village of Trawsfynydd towards the north north-west.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the directional name of Moel Gwynfynydd North Top, with an accompanying note stating; Name from hill to the South.

Moel Gwynfynydd North Top

370c

SH739297

124

Name from hill to the South

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 use a directional name based on the name given an adjacent hill to the south on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map. 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

The name of Moel Gwyn Fynydd appears on contemporary Ordnance Survey maps adjacent to the 387.1m heighted hill positioned at SH 73674 28884, with the name Gwyn Fynydd relating to a farm to the south-west. This implies that this hill is a part of the land associated with the farm of Gwyn Fynydd. The Tithe map was consulted for the boundary taking in the land associated with these two hills, and it substantiates that at the time of the Tithe these two hills were positioned on the same bounded land and therefore the use of the same name for each hill is appropriate.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Moel Gwyn Fynydd, and this was derived from the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map with the land boundary confirmed via the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Moel Gwyn Fynydd

Previously Listed Name: Moel Gwynfynydd North Top

OS 1:50,000 map: 124

Summit Height: 371.0m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 73951 29746 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 350.3m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 73857 29337 (LIDAR)

Drop: 20.7m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (December 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Banc (SN 713 617) - 135th significant name change

LIDAR image of Banc (SN 713 617)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with the B4343 road to its north-west and a minor road to its south, and has the town of Tregaron towards the west south-west.

When the original 300m 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 Banc Blaenaucaron, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the West.

Banc Blaenaucaron

331m

SN714617

146/147

187

Name from buildings to the West

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 farm and prefix it with the word Banc. 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

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 915 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 Banc, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Caron and in the county named as Cardigan.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Banc and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Banc

Previously Listed Name: Banc Blaenaucaron

OS 1:50,000 map: 146, 147

Summit Height: 330.0m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 71394 61747 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 302.2m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 71860 61901 & SN 71861 61904 (LIDAR)

Drop: 27.7m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (December 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pen y Ffrwd Lwyd (SN 709 687) - 134th significant name change

LIDAR image of Pen y Ffrwd Lwyd (SN 709 687)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with the B4340 road to its south-west and a minor road to its east, and has the small community of Ystradmeurig towards the south south-west.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the name of Craig Ystradmeurig, which is a prominent name that appears near the summit of this hill on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map, but which is more applicable to a 318m map heighted hill towards the west.

Craig Ystradmeurig

342m

SN709687

135/147

213

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the old Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map, and the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites, and it is the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps that give the name of Pen y Ffrwd Lwyd adjacent to the summit of this hill, with this name also appearing on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pen y Ffrwd Lwyd and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map with the name placement substantiated from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Pen y Ffrwd Lwyd

Previously Listed Name: Craig Ystradmeurig

OS 1:50,000 map: 135, 147

Summit Height: 340.6m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 70911 68747 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 311.6m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 71167 69418 (LIDAR)

Drop: 29.0m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (December 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Cefn Llwyd (SH 724 309) - 133rd significant name change

Hill Reclassifications post for Cefn Llwyd

LIDAR image of Cefn Llwyd (SH 724 309)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with the A470 road to its west and minor roads to its north and east, and has the village of Trawsfynydd towards the north north-west.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was not included in the Hills to be surveyed sub list, as it was considered not to meet the criteria then used for this sub category.

After the sub list was standardised, and interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill were re-evaluated and it was listed under the point (Pt. c 363m) notation with an estimated c 20m of drop, based on an estimated c 363m summit height and an estimated c 343m bwlch height, with both heights based on interpolation of 10m contouring that appear on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 1839 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 Cefn Llwyd, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Trawsfynydd and in the county named as Merioneth.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Cefn Llwyd and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Cefn Llwyd

Previously Listed Name: Pt. c 363m

OS 1:50,000 map: 124

Summit Height: 363.0m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 72478 30978 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 339.8m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 72478 30541 (LIDAR)

Drop: 23.2m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (December 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pt. 353.6m (SJ 249 539) - 132nd significant name change

Survey post for Pt. 353.6m

Hill Reclassifications post for Pt. 353.6m

Summit Relocations post for Pt. 353.6m

Pt. 353.6m (SJ 249 539)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Moel y Gamelin group of hills, which are situated in the north-eastern part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A2), and it is positioned with minor roads to its north, east and south, the B5430 road to its west and the A525 road farther to its south, and has the village of Bwlchgwyn towards the east south-east.

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the transposed and invented name of Gwern Hill, with an accompanying note stating; Name from hall to the South-West.

Gwern Hill

353m

SJ251543

117

256

Name from hall to the South-West

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 hall and add the word Hill to it. 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

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. 353.6m) notation, and for this hill this is such an example.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pt. 353.6m, and this is being used as the author has not found an appropriate name for the hill either through historic research and / or local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Moel y Gamelin

Name: Pt. 353.6m

Previously Listed Name: Gwern Hill

OS 1:50,000 map: 117

Summit Height: 353.6m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SJ 24997 53989 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: c 322m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 24041 53999 (interpolation)

Drop: c 32m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Fforest (SN 777 393) - 131st significant name change

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop, dominance and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

LIDAR image of Fforest (SN 777 393)

The criteria for the two listings that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales – Welsh P30 hills whose prominence equal or exceed half that of their absolute height. With the criteria for Lesser Dominant status being those additional Welsh P30 hills whose prominence is between one third and half that of their absolute height. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips with the Introduction to the start of the Mapping Mountains publication of this list appearing on the 3^rd December 2015, and which is now available in its entirety on Mapping Mountains in Google Doc format.

Y Trechol - The Dominant Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with minor roads to its west and south-east, and the A483 road farther to its south-east, and has the town of Llanymddyfri (Llandovery) towards the south.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the directional name of Fforest North-East Top, with an accompanying note stating; Name from hill to the South-West.

Fforest North-East Top

341m

SN778393

146/160

187

Name from hill to the South-West.

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 use a directional name based on the name given an adjacent hill to the south-west on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map. 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

The previously listed name of Fforest North-East Top was based on the position of the name Fforest on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map. This position is at contrast to how it appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger map, with the former intimating that the name is just applicable to the lower adjacent hill to the south-west, whilst the latter intimates that the name is applicable to both hills.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger map

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the old Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was named the Interactive Coverage Map and the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites. One of the historic maps now available is the Ordnance Survey One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map which when coupled with the positioning on this hill’s name on the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger map formed the basis for the change in this hill’s listed name.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey One-Inch 'Old Series' map

The One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map was the first map that the Ordnance Survey produced, and their publication culminated from the whole of Britain being surveyed between 1791 and 1874 and the detail gathered therein produced at a scale of one inch to the mile and published in sheet format between 1805 and 1874. The One-Inch ‘Old Series’ maps for the whole of Wales are now available online; they are also available in map format as enlarged and re-projected versions to match the scale and dimensions of the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series and are published by Cassini. This series of maps form another important part in the study of Welsh upland place-names and bridge the timeframe leading up to the production of the Ordnance Survey base map of the Six-Inch series, and importantly for this hill and its listed name, it is this map that shows the extended name of Fforest taking in this hill and its lower adjacent hill to the south-west.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales is Fforest, and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger map and substantiated by the Ordnance Survey One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Fforest

Previously Listed Name: Fforest North-East Top

OS 1:50,000 map: 146, 160

Summit Height: 341.3m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 77781 39333 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 197.4m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 78243 41343 (LIDAR)

Drop: 143.9m (LIDAR)

Dominance: 42.17% (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Ffridd y Foel Boeth (SJ 015 387) - 130th significant name change

LIDAR image of Ffridd y Foel Boeth (SJ 015 387)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with the A494 road to its north-west, the B4402 road to its west and the B4401 road to its south-east, and has the town of Y Bala towards the west south-west.

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the invented and transposed name of Pen-y-Branas, with an accompanying note stating; Name from lodge to the South.

Pen-y-Branas

380m

SJ016387

125

255

Name from lodge to the South

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 lodge and prefix it with the words Pen-y-. 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

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 537 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 Ffridd y Foel Boeth, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llandrillo and in the county named as Merioneth.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Ffridd y Foel Boeth and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Ffridd y Foel Boeth

Previously Listed Name: Pen-y-Branas

OS 1:50,000 map: 125

Summit Height: 379.9m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SJ 01590 38791 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 341.3m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 01568 39057 (LIDAR)

Drop: 38.6m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Waun Fawr (SJ 227 537) - 129th significant name change

Survey post for Waun Fawr

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Waun Fawr (SJ 227 537)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Moel y Gamelin group of hills, which are situated in the north-eastern part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A2), and it is positioned with the A5104 road to its north-west, the A525 road to its south-east and the B5430 road to its east, and has the village of Rhydtalog towards the north north-east.

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the invented and transposed name of Moel Rhydtalog, with an accompanying note stating; Name from hamlet to the North-East.

Moel Rhydtalog

385m

SJ227537

117

256

Name from 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 small village 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

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the old Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was named the Interactive Coverage Map and the interactive mapping available on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites. One of the historic maps now available is the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map which formed the basis for the first publicly available Ordnance Survey One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map, and it is the Draft Surveyors map that formed the basis for the change in the listed name of this hill.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map

The Draft Surveyors maps consist of the preliminary drawings made by the Ordnance Survey surveyors between the 1780s and 1840 and formed the basis for the first publicly available One-Inch map. They were drawn at scales of six inches to the mile for areas considered of particular military significance and down to two inches to the mile for other areas. Fair copies were then produced from these preliminary drawings to one inch to the mile and then copper plates were prepared for printing. The Draft Surveyors maps for the whole of Wales are now available online and they form an important part in the study of Welsh upland place-names as they bridge the time frame between the late 18^th century and the mid-19^th century when the Ordnance Survey produced their first One-Inch maps, and importantly for this hill and its listed name, it is this map that shows the name of Waun Fawr positioned on this hill close to its summit.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Waun Fawr, and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey Draft Surveyors map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Moel y Gamelin

Name: Waun Fawr

Previously Listed Name: Moel Rhydtalog

OS 1:50,000 map: 117

Summit Height: 385.4m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SJ 22715 53774 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 348.9m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 22115 52838 (LIDAR)

Drop: 36.5m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pt. 395.9m (SJ 215 543) - 128th significant name change

Survey post for Pt. 395.9m

Pt. 395.9m (SJ 215 543)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

The hill is adjoined to the Moel y Gamelin group of hills, which are situated in the north-eastern part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A2), and it is positioned with a minor road to its north, the A5104 road to its south-east and the B5430 road farther to its north, and has the village of Rhydtalog towards the east north-east.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the invented and transposed name of Pen Llyn Cyfynwy, with an accompanying note stating; Name from lake to the North-East.

Pen Llyn Cyfynwy

396m

SJ215543

117

256

Trig pillar. Name from lake 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 lake and prefix it with the word Pen. 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. 395.9m) notation, and for this hill this is such an example.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pt. 395.9m, and this is being used as the author has not found an appropriate name for the hill either through historic research and / or local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Moel y Gamelin

Name: Pt. 395.9m

Previously Listed Name: Pen Llyn Cyfynwy

OS 1:50,000 map: 117

Summit Height: 395.9m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SJ 21508 54329 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: c 341m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 22252 54249 (interpolation)

Drop: c 55m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Cnepyn Cerrig (SN 706 460) - 127th significant name change

Survey post for Cnepyn Cerrig

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Pedwarau – The 400m Hills of Wales and Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from a Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams.

Cnepyn Cerrig (SN 706 460)

The criteria for the two listings that this name change applies to are:

Y Pedwarau – The 400m Hills of Wales. Welsh hills at or above 400m and below 500m in height that have 30m minimum drop, accompanying the main Y Pedwarau list are five categories of sub hills, with this hill being listed in the 390m Sub-Pedwar category. The criteria for 390m Sub-Pedwar status being all Welsh hills at or above 390m and below 400m in height that have 30m minimum drop. The list is co-authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams and is published on Mapping Mountains in Google Doc format.

Y Pedwarau - The 400m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams

Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales. Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 400m in height that have 30m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Sub-Trichant with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills at or above 300m and below 400m in height with 20m or more and below 30m of drop. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips, with the Introduction to the list and the renaming of it appearing on Mapping Mountains on the 13^th May 2017.

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with minor roads to its west and south-east, and the A482 road farther to its south-west, and has the small community of Cwrtycadno towards the south-west.

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 400m P30 list published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the name of Cefn Branddu, which is a prominent name that appears to the north-east of this hill’s summit on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map. This is also the name the hill was listed by in the 1^st edition of the Y Pedwarau published by Europeaklist in May 2013.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Prior to visiting this hill I contacted Irwel Jones; the farmer from Aber Branddu (SN 708 455) to ask permission to park at his farm and use the track leading north-westward from it to visit this hill, during the conversation Irwel named this hill as Cnepyn Cerrig, with its summit named as Pen Cerrig.

After visiting this hill we descended to Aber Branddu and met Irwel and his father; Eirwyn. With the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map opened on the roof of my car and the hill directly above us, Aled proceeded to ask questions about this hill and others where Irwel grazes sheep on. Many upland place-names proceeded to be given, including that of Cnepyn Cerrig for this hill.

Irwel and Eirwyn Jones

Once back home Aled scrutinised a number of old maps and with the information given by Eirwyn and Irwel he detailed a timeline including that of field boundaries and the history of what land the name of Cefn Branddu applied to. With the field boundaries confirming that Cefn Branddu applies to the entire mountain, including that of the higher adjacent hill positioned at SN 699 452, Aled’s conclusion was to use the prioritised name that both Irwel and his father; Eirwyn gave us for this hill, and that is Cnepyn Cerrig.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Pedwarau – The 400m Hills of Wales and Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Cnepyn Cerrig, and this was derived from local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Cnepyn Cerrig

Previously Listed Name: Cefn Branddu

OS 1:50,000 map: 146, 147

Summit Height: 399.3m (converted to OSGM15)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 70687 46081

Bwlch Height: 353.6m (converted to OSGM15)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 70185 46118

Drop: 45.7m

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Allt yr Hebog (SN 686 444) - 126th significant name change

The criteria for the two listings that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

Y Trechol - The Dominant Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with minor roads to its north-west, west, south and east, and the A482 road farther to its south-west, and has the small community of Cwrtycadno towards the east south-east.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the name of Pen Allt-yr-hebog, with an accompanying note stating; aka Allt yr Hebog. With both of these names appearing near the summit of this hill on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map, with the presumption being that the old prioritised name applied to the summit and the non-prioritised name applied to the hill.

Pen Allt-yr-hebog

342m

SN686445

146

187/199

Clem/Yeaman. aka Allt yr Hebog

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the old Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map, and the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites, and it is the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps that give the name of Allt yr Hebog in larger font compared to that of Pen Allt-yr-hebog, with one denoting the hill and the other the summit.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales is Allt yr Hebog and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map with the name of the hill now prioritised over that of its summit name, with this substantiated by the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Allt yr Hebog

Previously Listed Name: Pen Allt-yr-hebog

OS 1:50,000 map: 146

Summit Height: 342m (spot height)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 68643 44484 (hand-held GPS via DoBIH)

Bwlch Height: c 203m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 68883 44860 (interpolation)

Drop: c 139m (spot height summit and interpolated bwlch)

Dominance: 40.64% (spot height summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pen y Bryn (SH 978 407) - 125th significant name change

Hill Reclassifications post for Pen y Bryn

Pen y Bryn (SH 978 407)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with a minor road to its north-west and the A494 road to its south-east, and has the town of Y Bala towards the south-west.

After the sub list was standardised, and interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill were re-evaluated and it was listed under the point (Pt. 352m) notation with an estimated c 20m of drop, based on the 352m summit spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and an estimated c 332m bwlch height, based on interpolation of 10m contouring between 330m – 340m.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 790 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 Pen y Bryn, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llanfor and in the county named as Merioneth.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pen y Bryn and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Pen y Bryn

Previously Listed Name: Pt. 352m

OS 1:50,000 map: 125

Summit Height: 353.1m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 97898 40730 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 330.3m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 97766 40488 (LIDAR)

Drop: 22.75m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Tyn Bryn (SN 929 813) - 124th significant name change

Survey post for Tyn Bryn

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Tyn Bryn (SN 929 813) on right with Marsh's Pool on left

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Pumlumon group of hills, which are situated in the north-western part of Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with a minor road to its north-west and the A470 road to its south-east, and has the village of Llangurig towards the west south-west.

The hill appeared in the original 300m Welsh P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the transposed and invented name of Marsh’s Pool Top, with an accompanying note stating; Name from pool to the South-West.

Marsh's Pool Top

393m

SN929813

136

214

Name from pool to the South-West

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 pool and add the word Top to it. 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

During the walk taking in this hill and before visiting its summit I called at Pen-hyle-mawr (SN 919 805) and met David Howells and his son; Christopher. They told me their family had moved to this farm in 1952 and when asked about this hill they said the land incorporating it was sold by the farm of Coedcochion Mawr (SN 934 811) about ten years ago. They went on to tell me that the hill is known as Tyn Bryn, after the old farm of the same name, which appears as Ty’n-y-Bryn on the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch series of maps and is positioned at SN 93177 81299.

David and Christopher Howells

The walk took in six hills and was done in the company of Suzanne; a good friend who lives in Llanidloes. Dscending from the last hill we met John Davies of Cefn-y-bwlch (SN 938 825). We stayed with John for about 20 minutes, talking about life in Llanidloes, the hills and his farm. John is aged 70 and his parents bought this farm in 1945 and he has farmed from here all his adult life. During our conversation I asked about field names and he proceeded to give names for all the fields adjoined to his farm, including the Elephant Field, known as such as the person who owned it used to run the Elephant pub in Llanidloes! I also asked about this hill and whether John knew a name for it, ‘that would be Tyn Bryn’ was his reply.

John Davies

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Tyn Bryn and this was derived from local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Pumlumon

Name: Tyn Bryn

Previously Listed Name: Marsh’s Pool Top

OS 1:50,000 map: 136

Summit Height: 392.1m (converted to OSGM15)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 92957 81324

Bwlch Height: 326.2m (converted to OSGM15)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 91955 80581

Drop: 65.9m

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Borfa Ganol (SN 930 808) - 123rd significant name change

Survey post for Borfa Ganol

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Borfa Ganol (SN 930 808)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

When the original 300m 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 Mynydd-y-gog, with an accompanying note stating; Name from house to the East.

Mynydd-y-gog

380c

SN930809

136

214

Name from house to the 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 part of the name of a near 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.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 1148 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 Borfa Ganol, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llangurig and in the county named as Montgomery.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Borfa Ganol and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Pumlumon

Name: Borfa Ganol

Previously Listed Name: Mynydd-y-gog

OS 1:50,000 map: 136

Summit Height: 378.2m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 93014 80867 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 355.2m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 93109 80999 (LIDAR)

Drop: 23.1m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Hen Borfa (SN 921 805) - 122nd significant name change

Survey post for Hen Borfa

Hen Borfa (SN 921 805)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Pumlumon group of hills, which are situated in the north-western part of Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with a minor road to its north-west and the A470 road to its south, and has the village of Llangurig towards the west south-west.

When the original 300m 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 Mynydd Maesgwyn, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the South-East.

Mynydd Maesgwyn

374m

SN922806

136

214

Name from buildings to the South-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 near 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.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 515 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 Hen Borfa, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llangurig and in the county named as Montgomery.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Hen Borfa and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Pumlumon

Name: Hen Borfa

Previously Listed Name: Mynydd Maesgwyn

OS 1:50,000 map: 136

Summit Height: 372.2m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 92191 80590 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: c 338m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 92817 80777 (interpolation)

Drop: c 34m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (November 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pt. 360.1m (SN 604 447) - 121st significant name change

Hill Reclassifications post for Pt. 360.1m

Significant Height Revisions post for Pt. 360.1m

LIDAR image of Pt. 360.1m (SN 604 447)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with a minor road to its north-east and the A482 road to its south-west, and has the town of Llanbedr Pont Steffan (Lampeter) towards the north-west.

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 300m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the transposed name of Pen-y-bryn, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the South-East.

Pen-y-bryn

357m

SN604448

146

186/199

Name from buildings to the South-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 farm and use it for that of the hill. 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

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. 360.1m) notation, and for this hill this is such an example.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pt. 360.1m, and this is being used as the author has not found an appropriate name for the hill either through historic research and / or local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Pt. 360.1m

Previously Listed Name: Pen-y-bryn

OS 1:50,000 map: 146

Summit Height: 360.1m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 60451 44797 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: c 324m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 61574 45299 (interpolation)

Drop: c 36m (LIDAR summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (October 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Top Field (SO 110 879) - 120th significant name change

Survey post for Top Field

Significant Height Revisions post for Top Field

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Top Field (SO 110 879)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Cilfaesty group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with minor roads to its north, west and east and the A483 road farther to its south-west, and has the town of Y Drenewydd (Newtown) towards the north.

When the original 300m 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 Genau, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the South-West.

Moel Genau

371m

SO110879

136

214

Name from buildings to the South-West.

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. 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

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number B211 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 Top Field, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Kerry and in the county named as Montgomery.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Top Field and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Cilfaesty

Name: Top Field

Previously Listed Name: Moel Genau

OS 1:50,000 map: 136

Summit Height: 373.8m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 11015 87958 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 346.1m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 11279 88639 (LIDAR)

Drop: 27.7m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (October 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Bryn (SJ 013 427) - 119th significant name change

Significant Height Revisions post for Bryn

LIDAR image of Bryn (SJ 013 427)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with minor roads to its north, west and south, the A5 road farther to its north and the A494 road farther to its south-east, and has the small town of Corwen towards the east.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the transposed name of Pen-y-bryn, which is a prominent name adjoined to a farm that appears near the summit of this hill on contemporary Ordnance Survey maps.

Pen-y-bryn

309m

SJ013427

125

255

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 farm and use it for that of the hill. 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

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 394 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 Bryn, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llanfor and in the county named as Merioneth.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Bryn and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Bryn

Previously Listed Name: Pen-y-bryn

OS 1:50,000 map: 125

Summit Height: 311.75m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SJ 01302 42727 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 265.6m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 00726 42379 (LIDAR)

Drop: 46.2m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (October 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Top Field (SO 114 890) - 118th significant name change

Survey post for Top Field

Top Field (SO 114 890)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Cilfaesty group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with minor roads to its west, south and east and the A483 road farther to its north-west, and has the town of Y Drenewydd (Newtown) towards the north.

The hill appeared in the original 300m Welsh P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the transposed name of Blackhill, which is a prominent name adjoined to a farm that appears on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Blackhill

384m

SO114891

136

214

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 farm and use it for that of the hill. 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

After visiting the summit of this hill I called at the large chicken shed adjoined to Blackhill farm where I met a young man operating a forklift. I enquired about the hill which was just behind us and explained my interest in its name. He couldn’t help but said that his boss was due back soon and he could give him a ring if I wanted. Yes please was my reply! I then spent a few minutes on the phone talking to Prosser James; the farmer from Blackhill who told me he did not know an individual name for the hill but its upper field where the summit is situated is known as Top Field.

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Top Field and this was derived from local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Cilfaesty

Name: Top Field

Previously Listed Name: Blackhill

OS 1:50,000 map: 136

Summit Height: 382.5m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 11407 89077 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: c 312m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 10743 87070 (interpolation)

Drop: c 70m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (October 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Cold Weston (SO 141 907) - 117th significant name change

Survey post for Cold Weston

LIDAR image of Cold Weston (SO 141 907)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Cilfaesty group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with a minor road to its north-east, the A489 road to its west and the B4368 road to its east, and has the village of Ceri (Kerry) towards the south-east.

The hill appeared in the original 300m Welsh P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the transposed and invented name of Dolforgan Hill, with an accompanying note stating; Name from hall and wood to the South.

Dolforgan Hill

306m

SO142907

136

214/215

Name from hall & wood to the South

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 wood and hall and add the word Hill to it. 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

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 185 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 Cold Weston, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Kerry and in the county named as Montgomery.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Cold Weston and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Cilfaesty

Name: Cold Weston

Previously Listed Name: Dolforgan Hill

OS 1:50,000 map: 136

Summit Height: 306.0m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 14188 90749 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 237m (spot height)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 13525 90858 (spot height)

Drop: 69m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and spot height bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (October 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Pen Aran Hill (SO 137 888) - 116th significant name change

Survey post for Pen Aran Hill

Summit Relocations post for Pen Aran Hill

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Pen Aran Hill (SO 137 888)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Cilfaesty group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with minor roads to its north-west and south-east and the A489 road to its north-east, and has the village of Ceri (Kerry) towards the north-east.

The hill appeared in the original 300m Welsh P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the transposed name of Penarron, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the South.

Penarron

368m

SO138891

136

214

Name from buildings to the South.

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 farm and use it for that of the hill. 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

After visiting the summit of this hill I called at Penarron farm where I met Ivor and Rhydian Powell who were encouraging three cows in to a trailer. I volunteered my help and tapped one on its hind quarters, they were soon all safely in, more from the expertise of the two people I had just met rather than from the encouragement that I had given.

Ivor and Rhydian Powell

I explained my interest in the hill and its name, and Ivor and then Rhydian told me that the adjacent and slightly lower field is known as the Pike and that the upper field where I had been surveying is known as the Long Field. We spent a number of minutes talking about the hill but they needed to get away with the three cows, before doing so they told me the person who I should go and talk to was Phil Davies who was in the adjacent field cutting silage and who had farmed these hills all his adult life.

Philip Davies

Therefore I drove back up the road, parked in the pull-in spot where I had left my car to visit the hill and went through the opposing open gate and down the field where Phil was in his tractor cutting great swathes of grass. I waited for him to head my way and waved over, he soon stopped and we chatted for ten minutes of so. Phil is aged 78 and this hill is a part of the land that he farms, he told me the names of the two opposing fields, the Pike and the Long Field and the Big Field for where we now were. I asked him about the name of the hill and he said he knows it as Pen Aran Hill, with the composition of Pen Aran taken from the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch series of maps.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Pen Aran Hill and this was derived from local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Cilfaesty

Name: Pen Aran Hill

Previously Listed Name: Penarron

OS 1:50,000 map: 136

Summit Height: 368.0m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 13710 88852 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 324.6m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 13561 88411 (LIDAR)

Drop: 43.4m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (October 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Garth (SJ 007 432) - 115th significant name change

LIDAR image of Garth (SJ 007 432)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with minor roads to its west and east, the A5 road farther to its north and the A494 road farther to its south-west, and has the small town of Corwen towards the east.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the transposed and invented name of Pen-y-Gob, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the North-East.

Pen-y-Gob

322m

SJ008432

125

255

Name from buildings 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 farm and add the words Pen y to it. 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

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 1704 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 Garth, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llangwm and in the county named as Denbigh.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Garth and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Garth

Previously Listed Name: Pen-y-Gob

OS 1:50,000 map: 125

Summit Height: 323.5m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SJ 00795 43207 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 262.9m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 00867 42920 (LIDAR)

Drop: 60.6m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (September 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Banc (SN 723 729) - 114th significant name change

Survey post for Banc

Hill Reclassifications post for Banc

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Banc (SN 723 729)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and is positioned with minor roads to its north-east, north-west and south, and has the B4343 road farther to its east, and the village of Pont-rhyd-y-groes towards the east south-east.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill was listed under the transposed name of Pengrogwynion, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the South.

Pengrogwynion

316m

SN723730

135/147

213

Name from buildings to the South

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 farm and use it for that of the hill. 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

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 17 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 Banc, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llanafan and in the county named as Cardigan.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Banc and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Banc

Previously Listed Name: Pengrogwynion

OS 1:50,000 map: 135, 147

Summit Height: 316.3m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 72380 72987 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 285.1m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 72097 73104 (LIDAR)

Drop: 31.2m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (September 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Coed Tyn y Bryn (SN 780 748) - 113th significant name change

LIDAR image of Coed Tyn y Bryn (SN 780 748)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Elenydd group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the Mid and West Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with the B4574 road to its west and a minor road to its east, and has the village of Cwmystwyth towards the south-east.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill was listed under the name of Bryn Bach, which is a prominent name that appears close to this hill’s summit on contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer maps.

Bryn Bach

384m

SN781749

135/147

213

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, and in the case of this hill the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps suggest the name of Bryn Bach is more applicable to land to the west of this hill’s summit and not necessarily to the hill itself.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 213 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 Bryn Wood, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn and in the county named as Cardigan.

Extract from the apportionments

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map, and the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites, and it is the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps that give the name of the remaining wood that once took in the summit of this hill as Coed Tyn y Bryn and as this was the main named feature of the hill it is appropriate to use it for listing purposes.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Coed Tyn y Bryn and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Elenydd

Name: Coed Tyn y Bryn

Previously Listed Name: Bryn Bach

OS 1:50,000 map: 135, 147

Summit Height: 382.6m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SN 78020 74882 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 356.0m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 78284 75162 & SN 78292 75165 (LIDAR)

Drop: 26.65m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Ffridd y Tŷ (SH 962 402) - 112th significant name change

Hill Reclassifications post for Ffridd y Tŷ

LIDAR image of Ffridd y Tŷ (SH 962 402)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with a minor road to its immediate south-east and the A494 road farther to its south-east, and has the town of Y Bala towards the south-west.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill was not included in the Hills to be surveyed sub list, as it was considered not to meet the criteria then used for this sub category.

After the sub list was standardised, and interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill were re-evaluated and it was listed under the point (Pt. 369m) notation with an estimated c 24m of drop, based on the 369m summit spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and an estimated c 345m bwlch height based on interpolation of 10m contouring between 340m – 350m.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 1044 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 Ffridd y Tŷ, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llanfor and in the county named as Merioneth.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Ffridd y Tŷ and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Ffridd y Tŷ

Previously Listed Name: Pt. 369m

OS 1:50,000 map: 125

Summit Height: 369.5m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 96235 40269 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 344.2m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 96057 40317 (LIDAR)

Drop: 25.3m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Mount Aire (SO 162 707) - 111th significant name change

Survey post for Mount Aire

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill confirmed by LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

LIDAR image of Mount Aire (SO 162 707)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Beacon Hill group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is encircled by minor roads with the B4356 road farther to its north, the A483 road farther to its west and the A488 road farther to its south, and has the village of Llangynllo towards the east.

The hill appeared in the original 300m Welsh P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the transposed name of Coxhead Bank Common, which is a prominent name that appears near this hill on contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer maps and is strictly applicable to common land that is now shown as open access land on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Coxhead Bank Common

336m

SO163707

136/148

200/214

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Prior to visiting this hill the Tithe map was consulted and the bounded land where the summit of this hill is situated was named Wheat Piece at the time of the Tithe. When visiting this hill I was fortunate to meet Hywel Rees who is the farmer’s son from Upper Pentre (SO 164 708). Hywel was on his quad bike driving down the access track from his farm; I was walking near to the access track and waved over for him to stop. We chatted for a number of minutes and he told me that the upper field where the high point of the hill is situated is known as Mount Aire. He also confirmed that there is no individual name for this hill and when asked if he had ever heard the name of Wheat Piece being applied to the upper field, he said no. Having thanked Hywel for his time he kindly gave me permission to visit the field and survey its high point.

Hywel Rees of Upper Pentre farm

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Mount Aire and this was derived from local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Beacon Hill

Name: Mount Aire

Previously Listed Name: Coxhead Bank Common

OS 1:50,000 map: 136, 148

Summit Height: 336.1m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 16235 70786 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 308.8m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 16253 71635 (LIDAR)

Drop: 27.2m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Maelienydd (SO 143 713) - 110th significant name change

Survey post for Maelienydd

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

Maelienydd (SO 143 713)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Beacon Hill group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is encircled by minor roads with the B4356 road farther to its north, the A483 road farther to its west and the A488 road farther to its south-east, and has the village of Llanbister towards the north-west.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was listed under the transposed and invented name of New House Hill, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the South.

New House Hill

361m

SO144713

136/148

200/214

Name from buildings to the South

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 house and add the word Hill to it. 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 series of Six-Inch maps

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the old Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map, and the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites, and it is the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps that give the name of Maelienydd for the area of land that also takes in this hill. The detail given on the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps is also reproduced on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Maelienydd, and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps with the detail reproduced on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Beacon Hill

Name: Maelienydd

Previously Listed Name: New House Hill

OS 1:50,000 map: 136, 148

Summit Height: 361.4m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 14373 71358 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 320.9m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 13757 71419 (LIDAR)

Drop: 40.5m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Ffridd Rhos Dawel (SH 951 391) - 109th significant name change

LIDAR image of Ffridd Rhos Dawel (SH 951 391)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with the A4212 road to its west, the A494 road to its south and a minor road to its east, and has the town of Y Bala towards the south-west.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill was listed under the name of Rhos Dawel, which is a prominent name that appears close to this hill’s summit on contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer maps.

Rhos Dawel

374m

SH952392

125

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Tithe map

The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated is given the number 222 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 Ffridd Rhos Dawel, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Llandderfel and in the county named as Merioneth.

Extract from the apportionments

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Ffridd Rhos Dawel and this was derived from the Tithe map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Ffridd Rhos Dawel

Previously Listed Name: Rhos Dawel

OS 1:50,000 map: 125

Summit Height: 374.0m (LIDAR)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 95179 39161 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height: 337.0m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 94960 39189 (LIDAR)

Drop: 37.0m (LIDAR)

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Caergynan Bank (SO 132 710) - 108th significant name change

Survey post for Caergynan Bank

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

LIDAR image of Caergynan Bank (SO 132 710)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Beacon Hill group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is encircled by minor roads with the B4356 road farther to its north, the A483 road farther to its west and the A488 road farther to its south-east, and has the village of Llanbister towards the north-west.

When the original 300m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website this hill was listed under the name of Maelienydd, with an accompanying note stating; aka Caergynan Bank.

Maelienydd

350c

SO133710

136/148

200/214

aka Caergynan Bank

Extract from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps

Since publication of these P30 lists on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website there have been a number of Ordnance Survey maps made available online, some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the old Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map, and the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites, and it is the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps that give the name of Caergynan Bank as being more appropriate for the hill itself and that of Maelienydd for a much greater area taking in a higher hill. The detail given on the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps is also reproduced on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Caergynan Bank, and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps with the detail reproduced on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Beacon Hill

Name: Caergynan Bank

Previously Listed Name: Maelienydd

OS 1:50,000 map: 136, 148

Summit Height: 349.8m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 13239 71026 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: 326.7m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 13128 70875 (LIDAR)

Drop: 23.1m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Thirteen Acres (SO 161 725) - 107th significant name change

Survey post for Thirteen Acres

There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill confirmed by LIDAR analysis and a subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.

LIDAR image of Thirteen Acres (SO 161 725)

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Beacon Hill group of hills, which are situated in Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with the B4356 road to its north-east and minor roads to its west and south-east, and has the village of Llanbister towards the west.

The hill appeared in the original 300m Welsh P30list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the invented and transposed name of Cantal Hill, with an accompanying note stating; Name from hall & wood to the West.

Cantal Hill

380c

SO161725

136/148

200/214

Name from hall & wood to the West

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 hall and wood and add the word Hill to it. 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

Before visiting this hill I called at Park Farm (SO 160 718) where I met Matthew Williams. We chatted in the early morning sunshine for quite some time and Matthew told me that he had lived at this farm all of his life with his grandfather having rented it from 1963, and the farm and accompanying land was then bought in 2011. Therefore, Matthew owns the land where the summit of this hill is situated and having explained my interest in upland place-names and in particular the name of the hill above Matthew’s Farm, he said that he had never heard an individual name for the hill, I then asked about the field where the summit is situated. He knew exactly where the high point was and directed me from his farm up the continuation of the track, across a number of fields to the summit; he then told me the field where the high point is situated is known as Thirteen Acres. Thanking Matthew, I asked permission to visit and survey the summit and this was duly given.

Matthew Williams of Park Farm

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Thirteen Acres and this was derived from local enquiry.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Beacon Hill

Name: Thirteen Acres

Previously Listed Name: Cantal Hill

OS 1:50,000 map: 136, 148

Summit Height: 381.4m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Summit Grid Reference: SO 16129 72592 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height: c 319m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 17072 72823 (interpolation)

Drop: c 62m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (August 2021)

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant

Foel Dryll (SH 942 379) - 106th significant name change

Hill Reclassifications post for Foel Dryll

The criteria for the list that this name change applies to are:

Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Arenig group of hills, which are situated in the central part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned with the A4212 road to its west and the A494 road to its south, and has the town of Y Bala towards the south-west.

After the sub list was standardised, and interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill were re-evaluated and it was listed under the name of Coed Foel-Dryll, which is a prominent name that appears near the summit of this hill on the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Extract from the Ordnance Surveys series of Six-Inch maps

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales is Foel Dryll and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps.

The full details for the hill are:

Group: Arenig

Name: Foel Dryll

Previously Listed Name: Coed Foel-Dryll

OS 1:50,000 map: 125

Summit Height: 345m (spot height)

Summit Grid Reference: SH 94261 37960 (spot height)

Bwlch Height: c 324m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 94339 38162 (interpolation)

Drop: c 21m (spot height summit and interpolated bwlch)

Myrddyn Phillips (July 2021)

Tuesday 3 August 2021

Mapping Mountains - Significant Name Changes - Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales

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