Brown Willy, Cornwall
Historical Description
Brown-Willy, a mountain on the watershed of the NE of Cornwall, 4½ miles SE of Camelford. It consists of granite, has an altitude of 1368 feet, is crowned by a pile £ stones, serves as a sea-mark, and commands a view of the remotest parts of Devon and Cornwall, with part of Somerset and the Bristol Channel. A large stream-work for tin of its own name is at its base.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Brown Willy are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)