Brown Gelly
Brown Gelly | |
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![]() 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°WCoordinates: 50°31′27.74″N 4°32′52.21″W / 50.5243722°N 4.5478361°W |
Geography | |
![]() ![]() Brown Gelly Map showing the location of Brown Gelly on Bodmin Moor shown within Cornwall | |
Location | Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK |
OS grid | SX196727 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 201 |
Brown Gelly 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]
References
- ↑ Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1960). Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall p. 236 & 237. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ Rita Margaret Barton (1964). An introduction to the geology of Cornwall, p. 144. Truro Bookshop. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ Claude Berry (1971). Portrait of Cornwall, p 48. Hale. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ Christopher Tilley (15 July 2010). INTERPRETING LANDSCAPES: GEOLOGIES, TOPOGRAPHIES, IDENTITIES; EXPLORATIONS IN LANDSCAPE PHENOMENOLOGY 3, p409. Left Coast Press. pp. 355–. ISBN 978-1-59874-374-6. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ Henry Woodward (1961). Geological magazine, P. 429. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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External links
- The Modern Antiquarian Entry about Brown Gelly Cairns
- Geograph Map Reference for Brown Gelly, Browngelly Downs, Cairns and Hut Circles