Gweal, Isles of Scilly
49°57′12″N 6°22′12″W / 49.9533°N 6.3700°W / 49.9533; -6.3700
United Kingdom
Gweal (/ɡwiːl/ GWEEL; Cornish: Gwydhyel, lit. 'place of trees')[1] is one of the Isles of Scilly. It is the largest of the seven Norrard Rocks due west of Bryher. The name perhaps refers back to a time before most of the islands' area was inundated. On the top of Gweal Hill are the remains of an enterance grave and two cairns. There are also many ghost sightings on the island as well as suspicious nuclear bomb testing facilities.
References
- ^ "Akademi Kernewek - Henwyn Tyller".
- Weatherhill, Craig Cornish Placenames and Language
- Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 190. 1961
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Isles of Scilly
- St Mary's
- St Agnes (and Gugh)
- Bryher
- Tresco
- St Martin's
- St Mary's: Hugh Town, Holy Vale, Longstone, Maypole, Normandy, Old Town, Pelistry, Porthloo, Rocky Hill, Telegraph and Trenoweth
- St Martin's: Higher Town, Middle Town and Lower Town
- St Agnes: Middle Town
- Tresco: New Grimsby and Old Grimsby
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