Cae’r Lloi Mawr (SH 507 390)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in The Welsh P15s, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.
LIDAR image of Cae'r Lloi Mawr (SH 507 390) |
The criteria for the list that this name change applies to
are:
The Welsh
P15s – Welsh hills with 15m minimum
drop, irrespective of their height, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Welsh Sub-P15s, with the criteria for
this sub category being all Welsh hills with 14m or more and below 15m of
drop. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips, with the Introduction
to the list appearing on Mapping Mountains on the 10th May 2019.
The Welsh P15s by Myrddyn Phillips |
The hill is adjoined to the Moel Hebog group of
hills, which are situated in the north-western
part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A1), and it is positioned with a minor road and the B4411 road
to its west and the A497 road to its south, and has the town of Cricieth
towards the south-west.
When the listing that became known as The Welsh P15s was being compiled, this
hill was listed under the point (Pt. 122m) notation and included in the main
list of P15s with an estimated c 15m of drop, based on the 122m summit spot
height that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and an
estimated c 107m bwlch height, based on interpolation of 5m contouring between
105m – 110m that appeared on the OS Maps website.
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 172 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 Cae’r Lloi Mawr in the apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the parish of Cricieth and in the
county named as Caernarfon.
Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in The Welsh P15s is Cae’r Lloi Mawr and
this was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Moel Hebog
Name: Cae’r Lloi Mawr
Previously Listed Name: Pt. 122m
OS 1:50,000 map: 124
Summit Height: 121.4m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid Reference: SH 50771 39098 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 106.6m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 50865 39392 (LIDAR)
Drop: 14.7m (LIDAR)
Myrddyn Phillips (August
2024)
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