:Mynydd Eilian
{{Short description|Hill on Anglesey, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mynydd Eilian
| photo = Mynydd Eilian and Mynydd Nebo.png
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| elevation_ft = 581
| elevation_ref ={{cite web | url = https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=99877 | title = Mynydd Eilian, Wales | publisher =Peakbagger.com| accessdate = 5 July 2024 }}
| prominence_ft = 404
| parent_peak = Mynydd Bodafon
| listing = HuMPs
| translation = Mountain of Saint Elian
| language = Welsh
| pronunciation =
| location = Anglesey, Wales
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| coordinates = {{coord|53.4002|-4.2985|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = SH 47286 91724
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| map = Wales Anglesey
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Mynydd Eilian, sometimes also referred as Mynydd Llaneilian,{{cite web | url = https://democracy.anglesey.gov.uk/documents/s5614/Enclosure%20DD.pdf?LLL=0 | title = 12.1 Gweddill y Ceisiadau Remainder Applications | publisher = Isle of Anglesey County Council | access-date = 9 July 2024 }} is a hill in Anglesey, Wales.
Etymology
The word Mynydd in Welsh stands for Mountain.{{cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S8DQCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22mynydd%22+oxford+names&pg=PA119 | chapter = Hill and mountain names | title =The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming | year = 2016 | editor = Carole Hough | publisher = Oxford University Press | isbn = 9780191630415 | access-date = 5 July 2024 }} Eilian refers to Saint Elian ({{langx|cy|Sant Eilian}}), to whom are named several nearby places and buildings, like the village of Llaneilian and the Saint Eilian's Church.{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Np_H_j3hXUEC&dq=%22mynydd+eilian%22+saint&pg=PA323 | page = 323 | title = The Companion Guide to Wales | first = David | last = Barnes | year = 2005 | publisher = Companion Guides | isbn = 9781900639439 | accessdate = 7 July 2024 }}
Physical geography
File:The trig point on Mynydd Eilian - geograph.org.uk - 4163464.jpg
Mynydd Eilian, after the Mynydd Bodafon, is the second-highest hill of the Isle of Anglesey.{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/sep/07/ruralaffairs | title = Seasonal adjustment – Anglesey | journal = The Guardian | date = 7 September 2004 | access-date = 9 July 2024 }}And the third highest hill of the Anglesey county after the Holyhead Mountain and the Mynydd Bodafon. The hill is located close to the NE extremity of Anglesey, and overlooks Llaneilian and the Point Lynas ({{langx|cy|Trwyn Eilian}}).{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UrP6NB4ANmgC&dq=%22mynydd+eilian%22&pg=PA83 | page = 14 | title = Welsh Sea Kayaking – Fifty Great Sea Kayak Voyages | first1 =Jim | last1 = Krawiecki | first2 = Andy | last2 = Biggs | year = 2006 | publisher = e:Pesda Press | isbn = 9780954706180 | access-date = 9 July 2024 }} Because of its topographic prominence is classified as a HuMP.{{cite web | url = https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=5147 | title = Mynydd Eilian | publisher = Hill Bagging | access-date = 10 July 2024 }} With the Parys Mountain is a visual landmark of the nearby area.{{cite web | url = https://coflein.gov.uk/media/257/631/639813.pdf | pages = 23–24 | title = Archaeology Wales | author = Adrian Hadley | publisher = Archaeology Wales Limited | year = 2016 | access-date = 9 July 2024 }} South of the Mynydd Eilian stands a lower hill named "Mynydd Nebo", where is located a couple of telecomunication masts.{{cite web | url = https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/747772 | title = SH4790 : The two remaining masts on the summit of Mynydd Nebo | publisher = Geograph Britain and Ireland project| access-date = 11 July 2024 }}
History
An archeologic site named Llys Caswallon, located some hundred metres E of the hilltop, was studied in the 2010s. Some clues lead to identify it as a prehistoric enclosure.{{cite book | url = https://www.walesher1974.org/her/groups/GAT/media/GAT_Reports/GATreport_858_compressed.pdf | chapter = 15. FIELDWORK: LLYS CASWALLON, LLANEILIAN | title = THE ANCIENT LANDSCAPE OF MôN ARCHAEOLOGY SURVEY PROJECT – Report No. 858 | publisher = Ymddiriedolaeth Archaeolegol Gwynedd / Gwynedd Archaeological Trust | year = 2010 | author1 = George Smith | author2 = David Hopewell | pages = 34–37 | access-date = 9 July 2024 }}
Access to the summit
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The hill summit can be accessed from the village of Pengorffwysfa, at first by an asphalted lane and then following a public footpath.{{cite web | url = https://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walk-2686-description | title =Mynydd Eilian & Fresh Water Bay from Llaneilian | date = 2024 | publisher = Walking Britain | access-date = 8 July 2024 }}
Conservation
Mynydd Eilian is part of the Anglesey AONB,{{cite web | url = https://www.anglesey.gov.wales/documents/Docs-en/Countryside/AONB/Map-2-Dulas1.pdf | title = Map 2 – Dulas | publisher = Isle of Anglesey County Council | access-date = 9 July 2024 }} and thus some activities or construction works can be restricted because of that.
Around the hill was also extablished a RIGS named Mynydd Eilian RIGS Site, mainly to preserve some interesting outcrops of hornblende picrite outcrops. The rocks of the site date back to the Palaeozoic age.{{cite web | publisher = GeoMôn | url = https://www.geomon.co.uk/mynydd-eilian-rigs-site/ | title = Mynydd Eilian RIGS Site | access-date = 9 July 2024 }}
Panorama
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File:Mynydd Eilian NE panorama.png|NE view from the hilltop
File:Mynydd Eilian SW panorama.png|SW view from the hilltop