Cae Cownog (SJ 111 135 & SJ 112 135)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the 200m Twmpau, 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 Cownog (SJ 111 135 and SJ 112 135) |
The criteria for the list that this name change
applies to are:
200m Twmpau – Welsh hills at or above 200m and below 300m in height that
have 30m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list
entitled the 200m Sub-Twmpau, with the criteria for this sub category being all
Welsh hills at or above 200m and below 300m in height with 20m or more and
below 30m of drop. The list is authored by
Myrddyn Phillips, with the word Twmpau being an
acronym standing for thirty welsh metre prominences and upward.
200m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips |
The hill is adjoined to the Foel Cedig group of
hills, which are situated in the central
part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A3), and it is positioned encircled by minor roads, with
the B4393 road farther to its north, the B4382 road farther to its south-west
and the A495 road farther to its south-east, and has the village of Meifod
towards the east.
When the original 200m height band of Welsh P30
hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was not
included in the accompanying Hills to be
surveyed sub list, as it was considered not to meet the criteria then used
for this sub category.
After the sub list was standardised, and
interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill
were re-evaluated and it was listed under the point (Pt. 212m) notation with
21m of drop, based on the 212m summit spot height that appears on the
contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and the 191m 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 2107 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 Cownog in
the apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing
in the parish of Meifod and in the county named as Montgomery.
Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill
is now listed by in the 200m Twmpau is
Cae Cownog, and this
was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Foel Cedig
Name: Cae Cownog
Previously Listed Name:
Pt. 212m
OS 1:50,000 map: 125
Summit Height: 212.5m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid Reference: SJ 11199 13511 & SJ 11200 13515 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 191.0m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 11120 13695 (LIDAR)
Drop: 21.6m (LIDAR)
Myrddyn Phillips
(December 2024)
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