Pendennis Castle (EN) / Kastel Penndinas (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Falmouth
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

kastel

Meaning: 
castle

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<kastel> 'castle' + penn 'head, end' + dinas 'hill-fort, cliff castle'
Historic forms: 
Pendynas, Pendennys 1546. Pendinas Castelle, Pendinant 1540. Pendenis 1584. Pendynes 1656