Cae Cefn Tŷ (SN 416 535)
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 detail on contemporary and historical maps produced from
Ordnance Survey data. This was initiated
by Joe Nuttall who produced a summit analysis programme, and then by evaluation
conducted by Jim Bloomer and subsequently by Myrddyn Phillips.
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 with 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, with the word
Twmpau being an acronym standing for thirty
welsh metre prominences and upward.
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| The 200m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips |
The hill is adjoined to the Hafod
Ithel group of hills which are situated
in the western part of Mid and West Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it has
the A487 road to its north-west, the B4338 road to its south-west and minor
roads to its south-east and its north-east, and has the town of Ceinewydd (New
Quay) towards the north north-west.
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.
When the sub list was standardised, and
interpolated heights and drop values also included the details for this hill
were re-assessed and it was listed under the point (Pt. 289m) notation with an
estimated c 25m of drop, based on the 289m summit spot height that appears on
the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map and an estimated c 264m bwlch height,
with the latter based on interpolation of 5m contouring between 260m – 265m.
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| 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.
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| Extract from the Tithe map |
The enclosed land where the summit of this hill is situated
is given the number D246 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 Cefn Tŷ, with the details
on the Tithe map appearing
in the parish of Llan-arth and in the county named as Cardigan.
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| Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in
the 200m Twmpau is Cae Cefn Tŷ, and this was derived from
the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Hafod Ithel
Name: Cae Cefn Tŷ
Previously Listed Name:
Pt. 289m
OS 1:50,000 map: 146
Summit Height: 290m (spot height)
Summit Grid
Reference: SN 41694 53513 (hand-held GPS
via DoBIH)
Bwlch Height: c 258.0m (interpolation)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SN 40762 52700 (interpolation)
Drop: c 32m (spot height summit and interpolated bwlch)
Myrddyn Phillips (November 2020)
