BROWN-CLEE, a hill, 8½ miles SW of Bridgnorth, in Salop. It has an altitude of 1,801 feet; comprises numerous thin strata of coal, ironstone, and limestone, overlaid by basalt; has much wood on its ascents, especially on the east; and is flat topped. An ancient entrenchment, called Abdon-Barf, is on the hill; and a curious chapel, called Heath chapel, is on its skirt.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))