Brown Willy

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Brown Willy
The mountain as seen from Rough Tor

The mountain of Rough Tor seen from

height 420  m ASL
location Cornwall , England
Coordinates 50 ° 35 '23 "  N , 4 ° 36' 13"  W Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '23 "  N , 4 ° 36' 13"  W.
Brown Willy (England)
Brown Willy
particularities highest point in Cornwall

Brown Willy (from the Cornish Bron Wennyly "Swallow's Hill ") is 420 m high, the highest point in Bodmin Moor and Cornwall .

The summit

Sometimes the name is derived from bron ughella - "highest hill".

The hill is the location of two cairns and several remains of settlement areas as well as a house platform.

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