March Mynydd Ucha (SO 097 282)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that was listed in The Welsh P15s, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.
LIDAR image of March Mynydd Ucha (SO 097 282) |
The criteria for the list that this name change was
applicable to are:
The Welsh
P15s – Welsh hills with 15m minimum
drop, irrespective of their height, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Welsh Sub-P15s, with the criteria for
this sub category being all Welsh hills with 14m or more and below 15m of
drop. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips, with the Introduction
to the list appearing on Mapping Mountains on the 10th May 2019.
The Welsh P15s by Myrddyn Phillips |
The hill is adjoined to the Mynydd Epynt group of
hills, which are situated in the central
part of South Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned enclosed by minor roads, with the
A470 road farther to its west and the A40 road farther to its south-west, and
has the town of Aberhonddu (Brecon) towards the west.
When the listing that became known as The Welsh P15s was being compiled, this
hill was listed under the point (Pt. 270m) notation and included in the P14 sub
list with an estimated c 14m of drop, based on the 270m summit spot height that
appeared on the Ordnance Survey Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website
and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map and an estimated c 256m
bwlch height, based on interpolation of 10m contouring between 250m – 260m.
Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
However, it was not until LIDAR became available
that the numerical details for this hill could be accurately re-assessed. The LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging)
technique produced highly accurate height data that is now freely available for
much of England and Wales.
LIDAR analysis gives the natural summit of this
hill as 271.1m and with a 257.4m bwlch height, these values give this hill 13.7m
of drop, which is insufficient for it to be classified as a Welsh P15.
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 393 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 March Mynydd Ucha in
the apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing
in the parish of Llanhamlach and in the county named as Brecon.
Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill
is now listed by is March Mynydd Ucha and this was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Mynydd Epynt
Name: March Mynydd Ucha
Previously Listed Name: Pt. 270m
OS 1:50,000 map: 161
Summit Height: 271.1m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid Reference: SO 09744 28233 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 257.4m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SO 09741 28417 (LIDAR)
Drop: 13.7m (LIDAR)
Myrddyn Phillips (July
2024)
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