Gweal ( kw, Gwydhyel "place of trees") is one of the

Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of the ...

. It is the largest of the seven

Norrard Rocks The Norrard (Northern) Rocks are a group of small uninhabited granite rocks in the north–western part of the Isles of Scilly, to the west of Bryher, Isles of Scilly, Bryher and Samson, Isles of Scilly, Samson. In 1971 they were designated as a ...

due west of Bryher. The name perhaps refers back to a time before most of the islands' area was

inundated A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrolog ...

References

* Weatherhill, Craig ''Cornish Placenames and Language'' * Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 190''. 1961 Uninhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly {{IslesofScilly-geo-stub