{"id":9007,"date":"2017-02-21T13:14:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T13:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/?page_id=9007"},"modified":"2017-02-21T13:37:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T13:37:01","slug":"bronn-wennili","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/the-parishes\/bolventor\/bronn-wennili\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronn Wennili"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peat cutting in the marshes below Bronn Wennili in 1905.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bronn Wennili (English name Brown Willey) is a tor situated about 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km) north-west of Bolventor<\/a>. The name means\u00a0\u201chill of swallows\u201d in English. The summit, at 1,378 feet (420\u00a0m) above sea level, is the highest point of Bodmin Moor<\/a> and of Cornwall as a whole. The tor has a variable appearance that depends on the vantage point from which it is seen. It bears the conical appearance of a sugarloaf from the north but widens into a long multi-peaked crest from closer range.<\/p>\n

The first part of the hill’s name is a common Brythonic<\/a> element meaning “breast, pap; hill-side, slope, breast (of hill)”, which is frequent in Welsh placenames. It is sometimes suggested that the name came from the Cornish bronn ughella<\/i> meaning “highest hill”, as it is the highest point of Bodmin Moor and of Cornwall, but the toponymist Craig Weatherhill disagrees. The name has evolved through a variety of historical spellings as follows: Brunwenely c.1200, 1239; Brown Wenely 1239; Brenwenelyn 1276; Bronwenely, Brunwely 1280; Brounwenely 1350, 1362; Broun Welyn 1386; Brounwenyly 1401; Brownwenelegh 1450, 1470; Brounwellye, Bronwelly 1576; Brown-wellye 1584; Brounwellie 1639; Menar Brownuello 1754<\/p>\n