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List of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland

See also: Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles

Hewitt
Calf Top in Cumbria, the smallest Hewitt which was confirmed in 2016 as almost exactly 2,000 ft.[a]
Highest point
Elevationover 2,000 ft (609.6 m)
Prominenceover 30 m (98.4 ft)
Geography
Location

This is a list of Hewitt mountains in England, Wales and Ireland by height. Hewitts are defined as "Hills in England, Wales and Ireland over two thousand" feet 2,000 feet (609.6 m) in height, the general requirement to be called a "mountain" in the British Isles, and with a prominence above 30 metres (98.4 ft); a mix of imperial and metric thresholds.[2]

The Hewitt classification was suggested by Alan Dawson in his 1992 book, "The Relative Hills of Britain".[3] Dawson originally called his Hewitts "Sweats", from "Summits - Wales and England Above Two thousand", before settling on the label Hewitt.[4] In a series of three booklets edited by Dave Hewitt, the list of English Hewitts was published in 1997,[5] and the list of Welsh Hewitts was also published in 1997,[6] and the list of Irish Hewitts was published in 1998.[7] Hewitts were designed to address one of the criticisms of the 1990 Nuttall classification, by requiring hills to have a relative height of 30 metres (98 ft), a threshold that the UIAA had set down in 1994 for an "independent" peak.[8] In 2010, Dawson replaced the Hewitts with Simms, a fully metric equivalent of the Hewitt, with a 600 metres (1,969 ft) height threshold and 30 metres (98 ft) prominence threshold, however Dawson still maintains the Hewitt list.[9]

As of October 2018 there were 524 Hewitts identified, with 209 in Ireland,[b] 180 in England, and 135 in Wales, which is 1 less than the 1997 lists of 525 Hewitts.[c][2] Climbers who climb all of the Hewitts are called Hewitteers, with the first English & Welsh Hewitteer being Edward Moss on 22 July 1951.[10][11]

On 5 December 2018, the BBC announced that Foel Penolau had been re-surveyed and promoted to Hewitt status (and by definition, to Simm status).[12] As has Foel Cedig.

  1. ^ "Calf Top: England's last mountain". Ordnance Survey. 8 September 2016. In all probability Calf Top will be the last such hill to become a mountain in England.
  2. ^ a b "The Hewitts". HillBaggingUK. 2018. A Hewitt is "a Hill in England, Wales or Ireland over Two Thousand feet high (610m) with a drop of at least 30 metres (98 feet) all round". [...] There are currently 524 Hewitts: 180 in England, 135 in Wales and 209 in Ireland.
  3. ^ Dawson, Alan (1992). The Relative Hills of Britain. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-068-4. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010.
  4. ^ "The Hewitts: The 2000 foot summits of England and Wales". WalkingHighlands. 2018. The most satisfactory recent list in our opinion was originally compiled by Alan Dawson in his book, the Relative Hills of Britain, using a minimum reascent figure of 30 metres; this gives 317 summits in England and Wales, hills which Dawson originally named the Sweats (Summits - Wales and England Above Two thousand).
  5. ^ Dawson, Alan (1997). The Hewitts and Marilyns of England. Cambuskenneth, Stirling: TACit Press. ISBN 0-9522680-7-8. Archived from the original on 29 September 2000.
  6. ^ Dawson, Alan (1997). The Hewitts and Marilyns of Wales. Cambuskenneth, Stirling: TACit Press. ISBN 0-9522680-6-X. Archived from the original on 5 December 2006.
  7. ^ Clements, E.D. 'Clem' (1998). The Hewitts and Marilyns of Ireland. Cambuskenneth, Stirling: TACit Press. ISBN 0-9522680-8-6.
  8. ^ "MOUNTAIN CLASSIFICATION". UIAA. March 1994.
  9. ^ Chris Crocker. "Database Notes: Hewitts". Database of British and Irish Hills. In June 2010 Dawson created the Simms (Six-hundred Metre Mountains; originally called Sims) by combining the Murdos, Corbett Tops, Graham Tops and Hewitts and lowering the height threshold to 600m. [...] Hewitts are Hills in England, Wales and Ireland at least 2000 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides. Although subsumed into the Simms, the list has been retained by its author.
  10. ^ a b Alan Dawson (1997). "The Hewitts and Marilyns". The Relative Hills of Britain (rhb.org.uk). The first person recorded as having climbed all the English 2000-foot summits was Edward Moss1 who completed the list on 22nd July 1951. The second person was ED Clements, compiler of The Hewitts and Marilyns of Ireland, who finished on 30th May 1953.
  11. ^ Alan Dawson (1997). "The Hewitts and Marilyns". The Relative Hills of Britain (rhb.org.uk). The first person recorded as having climbed all the Welsh 2000-foot summits was Edward Moss1 who completed the list on 22nd July 1951. The second person was ED Clements, compiler of The Hewitts and Marilyns of Ireland, who finished on 30th May 1953, though it was not until 17th September 1991 that he added Pen y Brynfforchog7, which was not in the original list.
  12. ^ "Foel Penolau: How a Welsh hill became a mountain". BBC News. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018. While Foel Penolau is over the 2,000ft (609.6m) required to be a mountain, the minimum drop between the col - the lowest point on a ridge between two peaks - and summit was under 98ft. The pair have found that the drop has now increased to 104.6ft, and is, therefore, a mountain. As a result of the survey, Foel Penolau has been included in the list of Hewitts - hills in England, Wales or Ireland over 2,000ft high which have a minimum drop of 98ft.


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