Brown Willy

Brown Willy

Infobox Mountain
Name = Brown Willy
Photo = Brown_Willy.jpg
Caption = Brown Willy from the summit of Rough Tor
Elevation = 420 m (1,378 ft)
Location = Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Range =
Prominence = "c." 314 m
Parent peak = High Willhays
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 201
Type =
Age =
First ascent =
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = SX158799
Listing = Marilyn, County Top

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.

ee also

* Brown Willy effect

References

* Weatherhill, Craig "Cornish Placenames and Language"


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