Brown Gelly | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 342 m (1,122 ft) |
Prominence | 74 m (243 ft) |
Parent peak | Brown Willy |
Listing | Tump |
Coordinates | 50°31′27.74″N 4°32′52.21″W / 50.5243722°N 4.5478361°W |
Geography | |
Location of Brown Gelly on Bodmin Moor within
Cornwall | |
Location | Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK |
OS grid | SX196727 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 201 |
Brown Gelly ( Cornish: Bronn Geliow) is a tor, hill and ridge near Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor near Liskeard in Cornwall, UK. [1] [2]
At its foot lies Browngelly Downs, and the area has preserved various remains of hut circles, barrows and cairns. [3] Five cairns are located in a semi-circular arc along the ridge of Brown Gelly. They are prominent from a distance and Christopher Tilley suggests they were intended to be seen as a group from the west and the east in order to "analogically resemble or simulate tors". [4] The tor is made of a granitic rock that has less autogenic alteration than other areas of Bodmin Moor due to some type of local anomaly. [5] Archaeological aerial reconnaissance was carried out over the area in the 1980s which suggested the remains of a prehistoric settlement comprising several dispersed hut circles. [6] These structures have also been called a "barrow group" by John Barnatt [7] Evidence of flint production and tin streaming has also been found in the area that supports the suggestion of an ancient settlement. [8]