Brown Willy

Skylarks sing above Carburrow Tor, and from the bronze-age cairns and an associated "pointing" stone there are fabulous views of Brown Willy and Rough Tor rearing above the rolling green moorland.

Country diary: Bodmin Moor 2010

The moor with its two Cornish mountains, Brown Willy and Rough Tor

Legend Land, Volume 2 Being a Collection of Some of The Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by The Great Western Railway Various

After a long ride or ramble on foot over the open heather, with sweeping views which include Dartmoor, South Wales, the hills around Bath, as well as Brown Willy in Cornwall, one finds the ground falling steeply, and before long one is climbing down a water-worn path among sturdy oaks.

What to See in England Gordon Home 1923

Catshole, an 'over Brown Willy, an' round Roughtor to the nor'-west: an 'there lies the bravest quag -- oh, a black, bottomless hole!

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

And under a sky that hung over us like an illimitable bluebell, we saw our first Cornish mountains, Rough Tor and Brown Willy.

Set in Silver 1901

Router and Brown Willy stood like grim sentinels watching over the scene.

The Day of Judgment Joseph Hocking 1898

Their meeting-place was on the Altarnun Moors, eight miles from the town of Bodmin, perhaps as many from the rugged peaks -- the highest peaks in Cornwall -- Router and Brown Willy.

The Day of Judgment Joseph Hocking 1898

"Mother, mother, there's Row Tor, and there's Brown Willy, and there --"

Paul the Courageous Mabel Quiller-Couch 1895

Experts have said the turbines will be visible from much of Bodmin Moor and will have a huge impact on an "iconic area of landscape" dominated by Brown Willy and Rough Tor, the two highest points in the county.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

In like manner they have turned _Bryn uhella_ (highest hill) into _Brown Willy_, and _Cwm ty goed_ (woodhouse valley) into _Come to good_.”

Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861