02.07.21 Moel y Sant (SJ 152 107)
LIDAR summit image of Moel y Sant (SJ 152 107) |
I needed to be home by 1.00pm at the latest, so I looked through maps to find a number of local hills that I had previously not visited. I knew of a hill close to Meifod that I had contemplated visiting for a number of years, but still had not done so. This I later found is known locally as Dol Gron (SJ 171 137). Near to this hill were two others that again I had not been up. There was also an unvisited sub close by and not far away the summit of Y Gaer (SJ 204 155), which although previously Trimbled needed another survey as data were gathered from the top of a covered reservoir, which being a relatively recent man-made construct should not be included in the height of a hill. These would give me five hills to visit, and all could be surveyed. All entailed relatively short walks and little driving between. If I set off early in the morning I was sure to be back home by my 1.00pm cut-off time.
After studying these hills on the map I LIDARed each in turn, and noting all available summit and bwlch grid references I set my alarm for 5.45am and was parked and walking up my first hill of the day by just past 7.00am.
My first hill; Moel y Sant is positioned between Cyfronydd to its south and Meifod to its north and the other four hills would take me on a route via car in a north-easterly direction ending on Y Gaer. Hopefully conditions would remain dry as showers were forecast as the heat of the day increased.
I contemplated approaching Moel y Sant from the east following a track toward Cefn-du farm, this would give opportunity to survey its connecting bwlch which interpolation and a spot height places close to a number of farm buildings. However, I decided on an easier route to the hill from the west.
This route led up a good gravelled track that leads past a house and later a caravan before bisecting, with one track heading toward a builders merchants and the other toward a high mast that then gives access toward the summit of the hill.
Looking toward the mast near the summit of Moel y Sant |
Just past the point where the track bi-sects |
Grey early morning that soon gave way to warm sunshine |
My companions for the first part of the walk |
The sheep followed me for quite a distance up the track |
The route to the summit just beyond the mast |
Gathering data at the summit of Moel y Sant |
The Trimble GeoXH 6000 set-up position at the summit of Moel y Sant |
Survey Result:
Moel y Sant
Summit Height: 273.3m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH
6000)
Summit Grid Reference: SJ 15224 10771 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)
Bwlch Height: 201m (spot height)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 15721 10601 (spot height)
Drop: 72m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and spot
height bwlch)
Dominance: 26.45% (Trimble
GeoXH 6000 summit and spot height bwlch)
For further details please consult the Trimble Survey Spreadsheet
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