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Bodmin Moor (Cornish Standard Written Form: Goon Brenn) [1] is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 208 square kilometres (80 sq mi) in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough Tor, a slightly lower peak. Many of ...
Goss Moor is a national nature reserve in Cornwall, England, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-west of Bodmin in the parishes of St Dennis, St Columb Major, Roche and St Enoder. It is the largest continuous mire complex in south-west Britain and consists of mainly peatland and lowland heath .
Brown Willy (possibly from Cornish Bronn Wennili meaning "hill of swallows" [2] or from Cornish Bronn Ewhella meaning "highest hill") is a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The summit, at 1,378 feet (420 metres) above sea level, is the highest point of Bodmin Moor and of Cornwall as a whole. [ 1 ]
Botallack (Cornish: Bostalek, meaning "Talek's dwelling") [1] is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives in the east to the A30 road, near Land's End. The village is included in the St Just in Penwith division on Cornwall Council.
The mine is the setting for R.M. Ballantyne's Deep Down. [10] The 1970s BBC television series Poldark was filmed partly in Botallack, using Manor Farm as Nampara. [11] More recently, filming for the new Poldark series also took place here. [2]
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In accordance with gazetteers, Cornish names are in the standard written form approved by the Maga signage panel. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rough Tor is approximately one mile northwest of Brown Willy, Cornwall's highest point, on Bodmin Moor. Its summit is 1313 ft (400m) above mean sea level, making it the second highest point in Cornwall. Both hills are in the civil parish of St Breward and near Camelford. The De Lank River rises nearby and flows between the two hills.
Dozmary Pool is a small lake, in the civil parish of Altarnun on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, UK.It is situated 16.9 kilometres (10.5 mi) from the sea [1] and lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-east of Bodmin and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Bolventor.