Mapping Mountains – Significant Name Changes – 200m Twmpau

Pt. 245.2m (SN 917 502) 

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 LIDAR analysis conducted by Myrddyn Phillips. 

LIDAR image of Pt. 245.2m (SN 917 502)

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. 

The 200m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is adjoined to the Drygarn Fawr group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the South Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with the A483 road to its north-west, and minor roads to its south and east, and has the village of Beulah towards the north. 

The hill appeared in the original Welsh 200m P30 list on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, under the invented and transposed name of Bryn Llwyngwilym, with an accompanying note stating; Name from buildings to the North-West.

Bryn Llwyngwilym

245m

SN917503

147

188

Name from buildings to the North-West

 

During my early hill listing I thought it appropriate to either invent a name for a hill, or use a name that appeared near to the summit of the hill on Ordnance Survey maps of the day.  My preference was to use farm names and put Pen, Bryn or Moel in front of them.  This is not a practice that I now advocate as with time and inclination place-name data can be improved either by asking local people or by examining historic documents, through this form of research an appropriate name for the hill can usually be found. 

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

However, occasionally even when research is conducted an appropriate name for the hill may not be found, and on such occasions the listing protocol is to use the point (Pt. 245.2m) notation, and for this hill this is such an example. 

Therefore, the name this hill is now listed by in the 200m Twmpau is Pt. 245.2m, and this is being used as the author has not found an appropriate name for the hill either through historic research and/or local enquiry. 

 

The full details for the hill are:

Group:  Drygarn Fawr

Name:  Pt. 245.2m

Previously Listed Name:  Bryn Llwyngwilym   

OS 1:50,000 map:  147

Summit Height:  245.2m (LIDAR) 

Summit Grid Reference:  SN 91735 50259 (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Height:  213.0m (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SN 91241 50744 (LIDAR) 

Drop:  32.2m (LIDAR) 

 

Myrddyn Phillips (January 2022)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Mapping Mountains – Hill Reclassifications – 200m Twmpau

Pt. 245.2m (SN 917 502) – 200m Sub-Twmpau reclassified to 200m Twmpau

There has been confirmation of a reclassification to the list of 200m Twmpau, 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 Pt. 245.2m (SN 917 502)

The criteria for the list that this reclassification applies to are: 

200m Twmpau – Welsh hills at or above 200m and below 300m in height that have 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. 

The 200m Twmpau by Myrddyn Phillips

The hill is being listed by the point (Pt. 245.2m) notation as an appropriate name for it either through local enquiry and/or historic research has not been found by the author, and it is adjoined to the Drygarn Fawr group of hills, which are situated in the central part of the South Wales Region (Region B, Sub-Region B1), and it is positioned with the A483 road to its north-west, and minor roads to its south and east, and has the village of Beulah towards the north. 

When the original 200m height band of Welsh P30 hills were published on Geoff Crowder’s v-g.me website, this hill was included in the Hills to be surveyed sub list that accompanied the main P30 list, as it was considered not to meet the criteria then used for the main P30 category. 

When 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 with an estimated c 33m of drop, based on the 245m summit spot height that appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger and 1:25,000 Explorer map and an estimated c 212m bwlch height based on interpolation of 10m contouring between 210m – 220m that appear on the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Explorer map. 

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

However, it was not until LIDAR became available that the details for this hill could be accurately re-assessed.  The LIDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) technique produced highly accurate height data that is now freely available for much of England and Wales. 

Therefore, the confirmation of the reclassification of this hill from 200m Sub-Twmpau status is due to LIDAR analysis, resulting in a 245.2m summit height and a 213.0m bwlch height, with these values giving this hill 32.2m of drop, which is sufficient for it to be classified as a 200m Twmpau. 

 

The full details for the hill are: 

Group:  Drygarn Fawr 

Name:  Pt. 245.2m 

OS 1:50,000 map:  147

Summit Height:  245.2m (LIDAR) 

Summit Grid Reference:  SN 91735 50259 (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Height:  213.0m (LIDAR) 

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SN 91241 50744 (LIDAR) 

Drop:  32.2m (LIDAR) 

 

Myrddyn Phillips (January 2022)