Brane Long Barrow (EN) / Hirvedh Bosvran (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Sancreed
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

bran

Meaning: 
crow

hirvedh

Meaning: 
chambered cairn
Elements notes: 
<hirvedh> 'enterance grave' +<bos> ‘dwelling’ + <bran> ‘crow’ but probably a personal name in this case.
Historic forms: 
Brane 1960, site of prehistoric burial mounds (Thomas, 1960, p49) (Bond, 2009) Brane Barrow 2011 (chambered cairn) (Weatherhill, 2011)