Coed Bodlondeb (SH 779 781)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill
that is listed in the 30-99m Twmpau
and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales, with the summit height, its
location, the drop and status of the hill confirmed by LIDAR analysis, and a
subsequent summit survey with the Trimble GeoXH 6000 conducted by Myrddyn
Phillips, with the latter taking place on the 10th October 2018.
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| LIDAR image of Coed Bodlondeb (SH 779 781) |
The criteria for the two listings that this name change
applies to are:
30-99m Twmpau - Welsh hills at or above 30m and below 100m in height with 30m minimum
drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the 30-99m Sub-Twmpau with the criteria for this sub category being all
Welsh hills at or above 30m and below 100m 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.
Y Trechol - The Dominant Hills of
Wales - Welsh P30 hills whose prominence
equal or exceed half that of their absolute height. With the
criteria for Lesser Dominant status being those additional Welsh P30 hills whose
prominence is between one third and half that of their absolute height, with
the Introduction to the Mapping Mountains publication of this list appearing on
the 3rd December 2015.
The hill is adjoined to the Carneddau group of
hills, which are situated in the North-western
part of North Wales (Region A, Sub-Region A1), and it has the A547 road to its south-west and the
Afon Conwy (River Conwy) to its north-east, and has the town of Conwy to its
south.
This hill did not appear in the original Welsh
30-99m P30 list published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, and was only
listed as a P30 in August 2015 due to research conducted by Mark Jackson. When this hill was subsequently listed in the
30-99m Twmpau and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales
it appeared under the name of Bodlondeb Wood, which is a name that appears on
the contemporary Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.
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| Extract from the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map |
The intricacies of language and prioritising one
in favour of another for listing a hill is fraught with complication, with
originating Cymraeg names being anglicised and also originating English names
being cymricised, examples such as these are more common in border country and
especially so for anglicised forms.
There is no steadfast rule that fits all, but as a standard a name that
has its origins in the Welsh language and where this is substantiated by either
historic documentation and / or contemporary usage should be prioritised in
favour of a contemporary anglicised or English version of the name. Likewise, if a name exists where an element
of it is in English and if this name applies to a hill that is situated in a
Welsh speaking part of Wales it is standard practice to use a full Welsh term
for the name.
Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in
the 30-99m Twmpau and Y Trechol – The Dominant Hills of Wales is
Coed Bodlondeb, and this was derived as the Welsh name for this hill is
prioritised over its English equivalent, which for listing purposes is standard
practice.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Carneddau
Name: Coed Bodlondeb
Previously Listed Name:
Bodlondeb Wood
OS 1:50,000 map: 115
Summit Height: 55.6m
(converted to OSGM15)
Summit Grid Reference:
SH 77921 78114
Bwlch Height: 22.9m
(LIDAR, natural bwlch)
Bwlch Grid Reference:
SH 77852 77725 (LIDAR, natural bwlch)
Drop: 32.6m (Trimble
summit and LIDAR bwlch)
Dominance: 58.70%
(Trimble summit and LIDAR bwlch)
My thanks to Aled Williams for his advice in relation to this
hill name
Myrddyn Phillips (April 2019)
