Caer Lleiniau Uchaf (SN 521 198)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill
that is listed in the 100m Twmpau, with
the summit height, drop and status of the hill being confirmed by LIDAR
analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.
The criteria for the list that this name change
applies to are:
100m Twmpau - Welsh hills at or above 100m and below 200m in height with 30m
minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the 100m Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all
Welsh hills at or above 100m and below 200m 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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| LIDAR image of Caer Lleiniau Uchaf |
The hill is adjoined to the Mynydd
Sylen group of hills, which are situated in
the western part of South Wales (Region C, Sub-Region C1), and it is positioned
with the B 4300 and A 40 roads, and the Afon Tywi (River Towy) to its north, and
has the small community of Llanarthne towards the east north-east.
The hill appeared in the accompanying sub list to
the 100m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website under the name of Allt Cae-blawd, which is a name consistently
given to a wooded area to the north-west of this hill’s summit on Ordnance
Survey maps. During my early hill
listing I paid little regard to name placement on the map, or the meaning of
names and to what feature the name was appropriately applied to. Therefore I prioritised names for listing
purposes that I now understand are either inappropriate or where another name
is viewed as being more appropriate.
Allt Cae-blawd
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110c
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159
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186
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Two points of same height - other at SN521198
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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 1403 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 Caer Lleinau [sic]
uchaf in the apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing in the county named as Carmarthen and in
the parish of Llanarthney [sic].
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| Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in
the 100m Twmpau is Caer Lleiniau Uchaf,
and this name was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Mynydd Sylen
Name: Caer Lleiniau
Uchaf
Previously Listed Name:
Allt Cae-blawd
Summit Height: 113.2m
(LIDAR)
OS 1:50,000 map: 159
Summit Grid Reference:
SN 52155 19862 (LIDAR)
Drop: 31.2m (LIDAR)
Myrddyn Phillips (October 2018)
