900m
Twmpau – Summit Relocations
The 900m Twmpau (thirty welsh metre prominences and upward) are the Welsh
hills at or above 900m and below 1000m in height that have a minimum drop of
30m. Accompanying the main P30 list is a
theoretical sub list entitled the 900m Sub-Twmpau with the qualification to
this sub category being all Welsh hills at or above 900m and below 1000m in
height with 20m or more and below 30m of drop.
The list is authored by Myrddyn
Phillips and the posts that have appeared on Mapping Mountains detailing the Summit
Relocations to the main P30 list and the sub list appear below presented
chronologically in receding order.
Significant Height Revisions post for Foel Fras
There has been a Summit Relocation to a hill that is listed in the Y Pellennig – The Remotest Hills of Wales, Welsh Highlands – Uchafion Cymru and 900m Twmpau, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from a Leica RX1250 survey conducted by Alan Dawson.
Foel Fras (SH 696 681) from the summit of Trwsgl (SH 663 679) |
The criteria for the three listings that this summit relocation applies to are:
Y Pellennig - The Remotest Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams |
Welsh Highlands – Uchafion Cymru – Welsh hills at or above 500m in height with 15m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the Welsh Highland Subs, the criteria for which is all Welsh hills at or above 500m in height with 10m or more and below 15m of drop. This list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams with the Introduction to the list published on Mapping Mountains in November 2015 and the latest update relating to the list published on Mapping Mountains in January 2023.
Welsh Highlands - Uchafion Cymru by Aled Williams and Myrddyn Phillips |
900m Twmpau - Welsh hills at or above 900m and below 1000m in height with 30m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the 900m Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills at or above 900m and below 1000m in height with 20m or more and below 30m of drop, with the word Twmpau being an acronym standing for thirty welsh metre prominences and upward. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips and is available to download in Google Doc format from Mapping Mountains.
900m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips |
The name the hill is listed by is Foel Fras and it is adjoined to the Carnedd Llywelyn group of hills, which are situated in the north-western part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A1), and it is positioned with the A55 road to its north-west, the A5 road to its south-west and the B5106 and A470 roads to its east, and has the town of Bethesda towards the west south-west.
When the original list that later became known as the Welsh Highlands – Uchafion Cymru was first compiled, this hill was listed with 58m of drop, based on the 942m summit spot height adjoined to a triangulation pillar positioned at SH 69652 68173 that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map, and the 884m bwlch spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.
Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
However, the summit area of this hill is rocky and includes a number of substantial upright rock spikes. One of the earliest Abney Level surveys to ascertain the high point of this hill was conducted in 2011 by Graham Jackson. This survey concluded that a rock spike approximately 55 metres south-wesward of the trig pillar is the highest point of this hill.
This rock spike was subsequently surveyed by Alan Dawson using the Leica RX1250, resulting in a 944.1m summit height positioned at SH 69611 68118, and this comes within the parameters of the Summit Relocations used within this page heading, these parameters are:
The term Summit Relocations applies when the high point of the hill is found to be positioned; in a different field, to a different feature such as in a conifer plantation, within a different map contour, to a different point where a number of potential summit positions are within close proximity, when natural ground or the natural and intact summit of a hill is confirmed compared to a higher point such as a raised field boundary or covered reservoir that is considered a relatively recent man-made construct, or a relocation of approximately 100 metres or more in distance from either the position of a map spot height or from where the summit of the hill was previously thought to exist.
The Leica RX1250 gathering data at the summit of Foel Fras (SH 696 681). Photo: Alan Dawson |
Therefore, the new listed summit height of this hill is 944.1m and this is positioned at SH 69611 68118 and this was derived from a Leica RX1250 survey, this position is approximately 55 metres south-westward from where the triangulation pillar is positioned and importantly it is positioned to a different feature.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Carnedd Llywelyn
Name: Foel Fras
OS 1:50,000 map: 115
Summit Height: 944.1m (converted to OSGM15, Leica RX1250)
Summit Grid Reference (New Position): SH 69611 68118 (Leica RX1250)
Bwlch Height: 881.3m (converted to OSGM15, Leica RX1250)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SH 68799 66515 (Leica RX1250)
Drop: 62.8m (Leica RX1250)
Remoteness: 3.975km
Myrddyn Phillips (August 2024)
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