This is the hill you can see from Dozmary Pool. It is called Brown Gelly. A tor is a hill that has many stones on it. Brown Gelly means Bron Ughella, or highest hill. Brown Gelly is the second highest point in Cornwall (the highest is Brown Willy).
| Barnaby Bear is half way up the hill now. It's a long way! From this distance you can see the top of the hill clearly. |  |
At the top of this tor there are some cairns or barrows. A cairn is a burial chamber. These are 3500 years old. Find out more about the Bronze Age. |
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Here
you can see how big some of the barrows are. People don't live here any more...
but rabbits do! Can you see where? Click to see if you were right. |
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| This area is always
changing. This gully was much smaller a few years ago. How do you think it
was made?
Do you think this is a human or physical feature?
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Can you see the different layers in the ground? There is peat, a clay soil and a layer of stones on the bottom. Which layer is the peat? |
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This is another way the landscape is changing. Can you see the tracks? How do you think they got there? Is this a human or physical feature? |
| The landscape is also changing because of mining. Tin mines no longer run in Cornwall, but china clay mines have been opened instead. China clay is used in making many things. It makes paper crisp and shiny. |  |
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This is a view
from the top of Brown Gelly, from one of the barrows. It is sunken in the
middle because it was opened many years ago.
Barnaby Bear spots Dozmary pool in the background. Can you see it? Click on the pool in the picture to visit Dozmary Pool with Barnaby Bear. |
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This page is dedicated to the memory of Gizzmo, who loved this place.