This silly method of mountain status classification strikes again.
The lofty hill of Moel Penolau in the Northern Rhinogs above Tanygrisiau, has been elevated to Mountain status, even though its location well above the 2000ft contour at 2014ft, amongst the savage Welsh Badlands, makes it a difficult summit to reach.
I would have thought that sense would dictate that any hill or lofty peak above 2000ft, would look mountainous due to its lofty elevation, and the no one in their right minds would describe Van Y Big along the Central Beacons main ridge as a hill, even though its lost its status as a mountain.
There must be a fair number of these hills in both England and Wales that are secretly pretending to be hills, when they should be mountains.