[Talk-GB] A moutain range in Cornwall??

[Mark Goodge]

On 13/02/2024 16:37, Dave Dunford wrote:
>> OS is on record as accepting the traditional convention
> 
> Still not convinced, I'm afraid.
> 
> a) that's the view of a single blogger with a story to tell, not an 
> official OS position
> b) the exact wording is "...2,000ft is *generally regarded* as the 
> benchmark height in England and in Wales for when a hill is promoted to 
> the dizzying ranks of a mountain." (my emphasis)

That's one example which happened to be at hand.
> 
>> the government does define a mountain for the purpose of open access 
>> and rights of way as being land above 600m: 
> 
> No it doesn't. It defines "mountainous areas" as over 600m. Not the same 
> thing. And 600m <> 2000ft.

The actual wording is...

“mountain” includes, subject to the following definition, any land 
situated more than 600 metres above sea level;

That's more than just "mountainous land", it explicitly uses the word 
"mountain".

(The "following definition" is a qualifier for locations which are 
explicitly defined otherwise by the relevant countryside body).

Mark

Mark