Brown Willy is the highest point of which moor?
Brown Willy effect Brown Willy effect The Brown Willy effect is a particular example of a meteorological phenomenon known as peninsular convergence, which sometimes occurs in the south-west of Great Britain. It leads to heavy showers developing over the high ground of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, which then often travel a considerable distance downwind of their place of origin. The effect is named after the hill, Brown Willy, the highest point on the moor and in Cornwall as a whole. It is thought that the Boscastle flood of 2004 was caused by a particularly extreme example. Cornwall lies in the path of prevailing
Brown Willy was launched to have the hill's name restored to the original "Bronn Wennili" on the grounds that it would be "slightly more attractive to residents and tourists than Brown Willy". Cornish residents objected to the idea. One commented: "It's been Brown Willy for as far back as living memory goes and I suspect, as others have pointed out, that it will always be called that, whatever name we may formally give it." "The Daily Telegraph" ran an editorial supporting the existing name and called for campaigners to keep their "hands off Brown Willy". The summit of Brown Willy is above