Gweal, Isles of Scilly

49°57′12″N 6°22′12″W / 49.9533°N 6.3700°W / 49.9533; -6.3700OS grid referenceSV867152ArchipelagoIsles of ScillyAdministration

United Kingdom

Civil parish BryherDemographicsPopulation0

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.

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

Inhabited islands

St Mary's
St Agnes (and Gugh)
Bryher
Tresco
St Martin's

Aerial view of the islands

Uninhabited islands

Settlements

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

Symbols

Scillonian Cross

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