Brown Gelly

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°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

1. Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1960). Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall p. 236 & 237. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
2. Rita Margaret Barton (1964). An introduction to the geology of Cornwall, p. 144. Truro Bookshop. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
3. Claude Berry (1971). Portrait of Cornwall, p 48. Hale. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
4. 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.
5. Henry Woodward (1961). Geological magazine, P. 429. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
6. 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.
7. John Barnatt (1982). Prehistoric Cornwall: the ceremonial monuments, p. 208. Turnstone Press. ISBN 978-0-85500-129-2. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
8. Robin Davidson (1978). Cornwall. Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-0588-0. Retrieved 20 March 2011.

Brown Gelly from Pinnockshill

External links

• The Modern Antiquarian Entry about Brown Gelly Cairns
• Geograph Map Reference for Brown Gelly, Browngelly Downs, Cairns and Hut Circles