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| Moelwyn Mawr loses mountain status and is downgraded to a hill | Moelwyn Mawr loses mountain status and is downgraded to a hill |
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| Wales has lost one of its mountains after Moelwyn Mawr was downgraded to the status of a hill for being millimetres too short. | Wales has lost one of its mountains after Moelwyn Mawr was downgraded to the status of a hill for being millimetres too short. |
| Surveyors ruled the Snowdonia peak is no longer a mountain as it falls short by 23mm (0.9 inches). | Surveyors ruled the Snowdonia peak is no longer a mountain as it falls short by 23mm (0.9 inches). |
| They used the latest GPS technology to make the discovery, based on the criteria set out in the definitive guide The Mountains of England & Wales. | They used the latest GPS technology to make the discovery, based on the criteria set out in the definitive guide The Mountains of England & Wales. |
| The downgrading of Moelwyn Mawr means Wales now has 189 mountains. | The downgrading of Moelwyn Mawr means Wales now has 189 mountains. |
| The guidelines said a peak needs to be 2,000ft (610m) high and have a 49ft (15m) height difference between the summit and the land that connects it to the next highest hill. | The guidelines said a peak needs to be 2,000ft (610m) high and have a 49ft (15m) height difference between the summit and the land that connects it to the next highest hill. |
| G&J Surveys' team of John Barnard, Graham Jackson and Myrddyn Phillips carried out the task of measuring the top of the northern ridge of Moelwyn Mawr. | |
| The team's discovery mirrors the plot of Hugh Grant's 1995 film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, which depicts a proud Welsh community attempting to thwart two English cartographers determined to reclassify their local mountain as a hill. | The team's discovery mirrors the plot of Hugh Grant's 1995 film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, which depicts a proud Welsh community attempting to thwart two English cartographers determined to reclassify their local mountain as a hill. |