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Brown Willy, highest point in Cornwall
Brown Willy, highest point in Cornwall
Brown Willy
Brown Willy from the summit of Rough Tor
Highest point
Elevation420 metres (1,378 ft)
Prominence314 metres (1,030 ft)
Parent peakHigh Willhays
ListingMarilyn, County Top
Geography
LocationBodmin Moor, Cornwall, United Kingdom
OS gridSX158799
Topo mapOS Landranger 201

Brown Willy (from Cornish: Bron Wennyly meaning swallows' hill) is a hill in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The summit is the highest point of Bodmin Moor and of Cornwall as a whole.

The name is sometimes suggested to come from bron ughella meaning "highest hill", as it is the highest point in Cornwall, but Weatherhill disagrees.

See also

References

  • Weatherhill, Craig (1995) Cornish Place Names and Language

50°35′23″N 4°36′13″W / 50.58970°N 4.60364°W / 50.58970; -4.60364


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