Mapping Mountains – Significant Name Changes – The Welsh P15s

Mynydd Deulyn (SH 756 608) 

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 Mynydd Deulyn (SH 756 608)

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 10^th May 2019. 

The Welsh P15s by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill 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 between Llyn Crafnant to its west and Llyn Geirionydd to its east, with the A5 road to its south, and the B5106 road, the Afon Conwy and the A470 road to its east, and has the village of Capel Curig towards the south-west and the town of Llanrwst towards the east.

When the listing that became known as The Welsh P15s was being compiled, this hill was listed under the point (Pt. 382m) notation, with an estimated c 20m of drop, based on the 382m summit spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and an estimated c 362m bwlch height, based on interpolation of 5m contouring between 360m – 365m that appeared on the OS Maps website. 

Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map

Since the original compilation of this list there have been a number of maps made available online.  Some of these are historic such as the series of Six-Inch maps on the National Library of Scotland website.  Whilst others were digitally updated such as the Ordnance Survey Vector Map Local that was hosted on the Geograph website and which was entitled the Interactive Coverage Map, whilst others are current and digitally updated such as the interactive mapping on the Magic Maps and WalkLakes websites, and it is the series of Ordnance Survey Six-Inch maps that form the basis of the change in the listed name of this hill.

The Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps formed the base map Ordnance Survey used for many decades leading to the production of the 1:10,000 Series of maps, both have now been superseded by the digitised Master Map.  The series of Six-Inch maps are excellent for name placement and especially so compared to the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map, and it is the series of Six-Inch maps that position the name of Mynydd Deulyn to land where the summit of this hill is situated.

Extract from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the The Welsh P15s is Mynydd Deulyn, and this was derived from the Ordnance Survey series of Six-Inch maps. 

 

The full details for the hill are: 

Group:  Carnedd Llywelyn 

Name:  Mynydd Deulyn 

Previously Listed Name:  Pt. 382m 

OS 1:50,000 map:  115

Summit Height:  381.3m (LIDAR)                                                           

Summit Grid Reference:  SH 75657 60898 (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Height:  361.9m (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SH 75753 61023 (LIDAR) 

Drop:  19.4m (LIDAR) 

 

Myrddyn Phillips (June 2026)