Gweal

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Gweal

Isles of Scilly
(Cornwall)


Gweal seen from Bryher
Location

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Grid reference: SV867152
Area: 14½ acres
Highest point: 105 feet
Data

Gweal is one of the uninhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. It is the largest of the seven Norrard Rocks due west of Bryher.

The island's name is from the Cornish Gwithial, meaning place of trees, a name which perhaps refers back to a time before most of the islands' area was inundated.

References

  • Weatherhill, Craig Cornish Placenames and Language
Isles of Scilly

St Mary's  • St Agnes  • Tresco  • Bryher  • St Martin's  • Gugh
Annet  •
Bishop Rock  • Crim Rocks  • Eastern Isles  • English Island  • Great Ganilly  • Gweal  • Norrard Rocks  • Rosevear  • Round Island  • Samson  • St Helens  • Teän  • Western Rocks  • White Island  • Zantman's Rock