From looking into this, the summit location has changed for Seager Hill G/WB-022 and the good news it that it is more accessible than what the old summit was. Good news also is that the col between both the old and new summits is less than 25m below both summits, so no new SOTA reference required. I haven’t done my annual updates for the past couple of years as there hasn’t been any major changes, but now that this has been brought to my attention, I will soon do a G Association update to amend the grid reference and height for Seager Hill G/WB-022 and also check for any other G SOTA summit changes also and any other changes, I will mention on here also. Please see below post also from Alan Dawson on the RHB Reflector mentioning the Seager Hill G/WB-022 relocation and also the summit relocation of Hirfynydd GW/SW-017 which is similar relation to Seager Hill G/WB-022.
“Last weekend I was able to revisit Seager Hill near Hereford. Some of you have already noticed that the summit has been relocated in the Hills Database. Lidar data had indicated that the south-easterly summit was 14cm higher than the existing Marilyn summit location. That is within the margin for error for Lidar, so as I was down south for the first time in four years I took the opportunity to survey it with Leica GNSS equipment.
The survey found 15cm difference between the two points, confirming the Lidar difference with uncanny accuracy, though the actual height is over 10cm lower than the Lidar figure. The new summit is 271.9m at SO 6238 3794. The good news is that this is a much easier point to access. The summit is only about 300 metres from the road to the south, though I walked in along the right of way path from the east, where I was able to park by a disused gate a little way down the hill to the north of the path. No access problems, good path all the way and no hostile notices. The path along to the other summit was all right at first but became very overgrown in places, with gates to climb and threatening notices, though I saw no-one.
The bad news is that not all baggers have been to the new summit. It is not worth a long trip for an extra 15cm of height, but the two summits are about 1.5km apart with 21m drop between them, so they are distinct points, worth an easy walk to the new location for anyone who happens to be in that area.
I also revisited Hirfynydd at dusk on a Friday evening, along a good track from Seven Sisters to the old quarry and then steeply up slopes that are slowly revegetating. The trig is now tucked away beneath a tree and is over a metre lower than the new summit location. The relocated summit is somewhere in fairly thick new trees over 200 metres away. I was able to get within 60 metres of it on a track to the north but after that I got well and truly needled. Old jacket with intact hood did the job but it was not pleasant. It may be possible to get a bit nearer before plunging into the thick trees. No-one loses one from their total due to the relocation, but anyone going back may wish to take a sharp implement of some sort to ease their passage. A lopper or shears would do rather than a saw at this stage of growth.
You win some, you lose some, all part of the game.
Alan”
Jimmy M0HGY
G - Association Manager
