A ROW has erupted after an official map uses an English name in favour of a Welsh one for a Porthmadog beach.

Welsh language campaigners from Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg have slammed the Ordnance Survey’s decision to use the name Black Rock Sands instead of Traeth Morfa Bychan or Traeth y Graig Ddu.

Gwynedd Council’s Language Committee is expected to discuss a complaint they have received over this decision at their meeting this week.

In a report, which will be presented to the committee, it says that a member of the OS data investigation team spoke to an officer at Gwynedd Council in January 2016 who received a confirmation that the ‘English spelling was the one in common usage’.

However, OS could not confirm who the officer had spoken to, but it seems they had taken the view that the use of the English name was acceptable.

Cymdeithas yr Iaith has branded the move by the Ordnance Survey as a ‘disgrace’.

Tamsin Davies from Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg said: “It’s totally unacceptable for Welsh language names to be erased.

“It’s a disgrace that the Ordnance Survey has allowed this to happen.”

The OS said it is are continuing to work with Gwynedd Council on the matter.

See the full story in this week’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News