Brown Gelly (Cornish: Bronn Geliow) is a tor, hill and ridge near Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor near Liskeard in Cornwall, UK.[1][2]
| Brown Gelly | |
|---|---|
 Brown Gelly Cairn | |
| 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 | |
  Brown Gelly Location of Brown Gelly on Bodmin Moor within Cornwall | |
| Location | Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK |
| OS grid | SX196727 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 201 |
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]
References
edit- ^ Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1960). Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall p. 236 & 237.
- ^ Rita Margaret Barton (1964). An introduction to the geology of Cornwall, p. 144. Truro Bookshop.
- ^ Claude Berry (1971). Portrait of Cornwall, p 48. Hale. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Christopher Tilley (2010). INTERPRETING LANDSCAPES: GEOLOGIES, TOPOGRAPHIES, IDENTITIES; EXPLORATIONS IN LANDSCAPE PHENOMENOLOGY 3, p409. Left Coast Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-1-59874-374-6.
- ^ Henry Woodward (1961). Geological magazine, P. 429. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Gordon S. Maxwell; John Kenneth Sinclair St. Joseph (1983). The Impact of aerial reconnaissance on archaeology. Council for British Archaeology. ISBN 978-0-906780-24-4.
- ^ John Barnatt (1982). Prehistoric Cornwall: the ceremonial monuments, p. 208. Turnstone Press. ISBN 978-0-85500-129-2. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Robin Davidson (1978). Cornwall. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-0588-0.
