Bryn Golau (SH 511 392)
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 Bryn Golau (SH 511 392) |
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 accompanying
sub list with 14m of drop, based on the 122m summit spot height that appears on
the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and the 108m bwlch spot height that
appeared on the Ordnance Survey Vector Map Local hosted on the Geograph website
and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map.
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 189 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 Golau 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 Bryn Golau and this
was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Moel Hebog
Name: Bryn Golau
Previously Listed Name: Pt. 122m
OS 1:50,000 map: 124
Summit Height: 121.9m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid Reference: SH 51102 39201 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 107.4m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 51084 39341 (LIDAR)
Drop: 14.5m (LIDAR)
Myrddyn Phillips (August
2024)
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