County Top Parent Peaks
In my ever-deepening County-Top related geekery I decided that I needed to document the Parent Peaks of every UK County Top. Many are easily findable with a bit of Googling, others are harder to come by. I’ve used the following sources in priority order:
Hillbagging (the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills)
Peakbagger: if the Parent Peak is shown there but not in Hillbagging
Wikipedia: If the Parent Peak is shown there but not in either Hillbagging or Peakbagger
Peakbagger’s Nearest Highest Neighbour (NHN) field if a Parent Peak is not listed in the above.
Some are disputed and others I’ve had to assume, so here’s my best attempt. Contact me or comment below if you have any corrections and I’ll happily make a donation to one of my causes.
England’s County Top Parent Peaks
Scotland’s County Tops Parent Peaks
Compared to England there’s a lot fewer Parent Peaks listed in my key sources, so the following is largely based on Nearest Higher Neighbours and some assumptions. Likely there will be a lot of corrections to be below.
Wales’ County Tops Parent Peaks
Similar to Scotland, there’s a lot fewer Parent Peaks listed in my key sources, so the following is largely based on Nearest Higher Neighbours and some assumptions. Likely there will be a lot of corrections to be below.
Coming soon: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland County Top Parent Peaks
UK County Tops on Islands
Goat Fell (843m), Arran, Buteshire, Scotland
Ward Hill (481m), Hoy, Orkney, Scotland
Ronas Hill (450m), Mainland, Shetland
Holyhead Mountain (220m), Anglesey, Wales
“A peak’s line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak’s “key col”. A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col of a peak is its key col. If there is more than one ridge which can be followed to a higher peak then the line parent is the peak closest to the key col. Usually, a line parent must meet some prominence criteria, which might vary depending on the author and the location of the peak.”