Gweal, Isles of Scilly

Gweal
Gwithial
Gweal viewed from Bryher
Gweal
Geography
Coordinates	49°57′12″N 6°22′12″W / 49.9533°N 6.3700°W / 49.9533; -6.3700Coordinates: 49°57′12″N 6°22′12″W / 49.9533°N 6.3700°W / 49.9533; -6.3700
OS grid reference	SV867152
Archipelago	Isles of Scilly
Country
United Kingdom
Civil parish	Bryher
Demographics
Population	0

Gweal (Cornish: Gwithial, meaning place of trees) 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

Weatherhill, Craig Cornish Placenames and Language
Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 190. 1961

Isles of Scilly

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

Uninhabited islands	Annet Bishop Rock Crim Rocks Eastern Isles English Island Great Ganilly Gweal Norrard Rocks Pednathise Head Rosevear Round Island Samson St Helen's Teän Western Rocks White Island Zantman's Rock

Settlements	St Mary's: Hugh Town, Holy Vale, Longstone, Maypole, Normandy, Old Town, Pelistry, Porthloo, Rocky Hill, Telegraph and Trenoweth St Martin's (and St Agnes): Higher Town, Middle Town and Lower Town Tresco: New Grimsby and Old Grimsby

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