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(possibly from Cornish Bronn Wennili meaning "hill of swallows" or from Cornish Bronn Ewhella meaning "highest hill") is a hill in Cornwall; the summit, at 1,378 feet (420 metres) above sea level, is the highest point of Bodmin Moor and of Cornwall as a whole; It is about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) northwest of Bolventor and 4 miles (6 kilometres) southeast of Camelford; one of the five Marilyn hills in Cornwall, Kit Hill, Watch Croft, Brown Willy, Carnmenellis Hill and Hensbarrow Beacon
hill in Tregeseal, Cornwall; covered in megaliths including Tregeseal East stone circle
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Carnmenellis Hill (or just Carnmenellis) gives its name to the area of west Cornwall between Redruth, Helston and Penryn; hill itself situated approximately three miles (5 km) south of Redruth; summit of Carnmenellis Hill is
252 metres (828 feet) above sea level
one of the five Marilyn hills in Cornwall, Kit Hill, Watch Croft, Brown Willy, Carnmenellis Hill and Hensbarrow Beacon
hill in Cornwall; situated a mile north-west of Stenalees village;
natural summit of Hensbarrow Beacon is 312m high;
the summit is overtopped by several large spoil heaps from the nearby china clay workings, the highest of which rises to 355 m, therefore creating an 'artificial' summit 43 metres higher than the natural one; highest point of the St Austell Downs, a large region of downland to the north-west of St Austell; a natural Marilyn, although the official Marilyn has been moved to the top of the highest spoil tip;
one of the five Marilyn hills in Cornwall, Kit Hill, Watch Croft, Brown Willy, Carnmenellis Hill and Hensbarrow Beacon
Kit Hill, at 334 metres high, dominates the area between Callington and the River Tamar in southeast Cornwall; one of five Marilyn hills in Cornwall, the four others are Watch Croft, Brown Willy, Carnmenellis and Hensbarrow Beacon
ancient intrenchment called Tre-Crag-an, on the border of the parish - seems lost? Trink Hill? Trevalgan? Trecobben(Trencrom)
great granite hill overlooking Mount’s Bay; diverse archaeological landscape with monuments dating back to Bronze Age; known as birthplace of British china clay industry; summit crowned spectacularly by hillfort known in legend as Castle Pencair; 70-acre site acquired by Cornwall Heritage Trust October 2023 to safeguard future and ensure remains free to visit for people 365 days of year; purchase of Tregonning Hill made possible by generous donation from Simon and Barbara Maddison
Trencrom Hill (or Trecrobben); prominent hill fort, near Lelant, Cornwall, owned by National Trust, ; crowned by univallate Neolithic tor enclosure; re-used as hillfort in Iron Age; recorded as Torcrobm 1758 Cornish "torr crobm", i.e. 'hunched bulge'
summit is a rock tor; highest point in West Penwith; prominent hill, 252 metres (827 ft) high overlooking the north coast of Cornwall; located within Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the St Just Mining District World Heritage Site, on the White Downs in the Cornish region of West Penwith, 7 kilometres WNW of Penzance, about 7½ kilometres northeast of St Just and about a kilometre from the north Cornish coastline; one of the five Marilyn hills in Cornwall, Kit Hill, Watch Croft, Brown Willy, Carnmenellis Hill and Hensbarrow Beacon
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