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A ‘Pellennig’ is a remote hill
in Wales, defined as having a minimum of 2.5km from its summit to the nearest
paved public road and a minimum prominence of 15m. It is fitting to name
the list ‘Y Pellennig’, as
the Welsh word pellennig translates
as ‘remote’ or ‘distant’. The listing
has been compiled by Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams and there are 173 hills
that qualify for ‘The Complete List’ with 127 of these being listed in ‘The
Mainland List’, which excludes the more inaccessible island summits.
The listing can be viewed as a totally new concept, as no other British
Isles hill list based on remoteness has been previously published. The criteria adopted for this list was chosen
for an overall total that would set a challenge for completion and to include
hills of interest and merit. These
criteria are not comparable to the mountains of the Scottish Highlands, but
works extremely well for the topographical scale that defines the Scottish
Southern Uplands, England, Ireland and Wales.
As mentioned above, in order to present a realistic challenge for
completion ‘The Mainland List’ was devised, which excludes 46 hills found on
remote Welsh islands; many of which have landing restrictions due to seabird
nesting colonies or present technical difficulty in their ascent. Therefore, ‘The Mainland List’ was created
specifically for those walkers/baggers that are unlikely to attempt ‘The
Complete List’. Climbing all ‘Pellennig’ hills is a considerable task
and, in a time when the St Kilda sea stacks have been climbed for Marilyn
completions, similarly, ‘The Complete List’ should not be thought of as unachievable.
The list has been compiled from the most recently available on-line
mapping with over 19% of the qualifying hills having been surveyed by GNSS/GPS
survey-grade receivers. Each and every hill name has been painstakingly
researched, with the bulk of this work being conducted by Aled Williams using
current and historical documents including Ordnance Survey, estate survey,
tithe and nautical maps and charts. Aled
has combined these cartographic name sources with his local research in the
Welsh uplands, scrutinising each hill name for correct composition and most
appropriate name choice.
The final product is a unique hill list that will take the user to some
of the most beautiful and lonely land in Wales.
This list has been published four times in booklet format:
1st Edition (Issue 1) April 2015
1st dition (Issue 2) November 2015
2nd Edition (Issue 1) July 2016
2nd Edition (Issue 2) October 2020
As other commitments currently prevent the authors from fully revising
this booklet, the decision was made to postpone work on a third edition. In order to bridge the gap between a future
edition and the now outdated second edition, this latest issue will serve to
update the list so that all major reclassifications and summit relocations are
covered. This includes the addition of
six new hills, the deletion of one hill and three significant summit
relocations, bringing the totals to 173 for the Complete List and 127 for the
Mainland List.
For all additions and deletions to this list since the April 2015 1st
Edition was published by Europeaklist please refer to the Change Register on Mapping Mountains.
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The 2nd Edition (Issue 2) October 2020 booklet can be downloaded via the links below:
Previous editions for reference:
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