New Field (SJ 257 040)
There has been a Significant Name Change to a hill that is listed in the Y Trichant – The 300m Hills of Wales, with the summit height, bwlch height and their locations, the drop and status of the hill derived from LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips.
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| LIDAR image of New Field (SJ 257 040) |
The criteria for the
list that this name change applies to are:
Y Trichant
– The 300m Hills of Wales – Welsh
hills at or above 300m and below 400m in height that have 30m minimum drop, with an accompanying sub list entitled the
Sub-Trichant, with the criteria for this sub category being all Welsh hills at
or above 300m and below 400m in height with 20m or more and below 30m of
drop. The list is authored by Myrddyn Phillips with the
Introduction to the list and the renaming of it appearing on Mapping Mountains
on the 13th May 2017, and the Introduction to the Mapping Mountains
publication of the list appearing on the 1st January 2022.
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| Y Trichant - The 300m Hills of Wales by Myrddyn Phillips |
The hill is adjoined to the Stiperstones group of
hills, which are situated in the
north-eastern part of South Wales (Region B, Sub-Region B2), and it is positioned with a minor road to its west and east,
with the B4388 road farther to its west, and has the town of Y Trallwng
(Welshpool) towards the north-west.
When the original 300m 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. c 367m) notation with
an estimated c 23m of drop, based on an estimated c 367m summit height and an
estimated c 344m bwlch height, with both heights based on interpolation of 5m
contouring that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map.
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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 450 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 New Field in the
apportionments, with the details on the Tithe map appearing
in the parish named as Worthen and in the county named as Montgomery.
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| Extract from the apportionments |
Therefore, the name this hill is
now listed by in the Y Trichant – The 300m
Hills of Wales is New Field and this was derived from the Tithe map.
The full details for the hill are:
Group: Stiperstones
Name: New Field
Previously Listed Name: Pt. c 367m
OS 1:50,000 map: 126
Summit Height: 366.8m (LIDAR)
Summit Grid Reference: SJ 25743 04016 (LIDAR)
Bwlch Height: 342.5m (LIDAR)
Bwlch Grid Reference: SJ 26066 04674 (LIDAR)
Drop: 24.3m (LIDAR)
Myrddyn Phillips (March
2025)
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