| Brown Gelly | |
| Elevation M: | 342 |
| Prominence M: | 74 |
| Parent Peak: | Brown Willy |
| Listing: | Tump |
| Map: | United Kingdom Cornwall (mainland) |
| Coordinates: | 50.5244°N -4.5478°W |
| Location: | Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Grid Ref Uk: | SX196727 |
| Topo: | OS Landranger 201 |
Brown Gelly (Cornish: Bronn Geliow) is a tor, hill and ridge near Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor near Liskeard in Cornwall, UK.[1] [2]
At its foot lies Browngelly Downs, and the area has preserved various remains of hut circles, barrows and cairns.[3] Five cairns are located in a semi-circular arc along the ridge of Brown Gelly. They are prominent from a distance and Christopher Tilley suggests they were intended to be seen as a group from the west and the east in order to "analogically resemble or simulate tors".[4] The tor is made of a granitic rock that has less autogenic alteration than other areas of Bodmin Moor due to some type of local anomaly.[5] Archaeological aerial reconnaissance was carried out over the area in the 1980s which suggested the remains of a prehistoric settlement comprising several dispersed hut circles.[6] These structures have also been called a "barrow group" by John Barnatt[7] Evidence of flint production and tin streaming has also been found in the area that supports the suggestion of an ancient settlement.[8]