A Welsh hillwalker has discovered that the border between England and Wales has been incorrectly marked for decades - and that England should be given more land.
Myrddyn Phillips said the line separating the two countries in the Black Mountains has been wrongly traced on the Ordnance Survey maps.
The current border follows the natural watershed from the summit of the mountain called Twyn Llech.
But intrepid Mr Phillips and his hill-walking friend Mark Trengove have remeasured the summit of the 2,308ft mountain - and found it to be further west than is thought.
Myrddyn Phillips (pictured) said the line separating the two countries in the Black Mountains has been wrongly traced on the Ordnance Survey maps
The current border follows the natural watershed from the summit of the mountain called Twyn Llech
Mr Phillips and his hill-walking friend Mark Trengove have remeasured the summit of the 2,308ft mountain - and found it to be further west than is thought
The state-of-the art Global Navigation Satellite System surveying equipment (pictured left) and a hand-held GPS device (pictured right) with 1:50,000 scale mapping, the duo measured the peak of Twyn Llech 39ft into Powys, Wales
Using a state-of-the art Global Navigation Satellite System surveying equipment and a hand-held GPS device with 1:50,000 scale mapping, the duo measured the peak of Twyn Llech 39ft into Powys, Wales.
As a result the England/Wales border should be moved to line up with the new watershed of the mountain, claims Mr Phillips.
And since the ridge stretches for nine miles, there is 1,800,000sq ft of land that England is entitled to grab back from Wales.
This will be scant consolation to England after losing to Wales in the Six Nations rugby tournament two weeks ago.
But it is unlikely anything will be done to remap the nation as it will require new legislation.
The current border and the newly discovered true watershed in red
Mr Phillips, 57, has supplied the national mapping agency Ordnance Survey with his findings, they are not obliged to make any changes.
Mr Phillips, from Welshpool, mid Wales, said: 'The word watershed has been retained
