Bartinney Castle aka Bartine Castle (EN) / Din Barrteni (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
St Just
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

barr

Meaning: 
summit, top

ker

Meaning: 
fort

Teni

This refers to the name of a person: 
name
Elements notes: 
<ker> 'hill-fort, enclosed farm' + <barr> ‘summit, top’ + <Teni> stream name, with <-i> river suffix
Historic forms: 
Bartinè Castle 1769 (Borlase, 1769, p210) (Bond, 2009) Bartinê Castle 1887 (prehistoric hill-fort)(OS, 6”, 1887) (Bond, 2009) Bartiné Castle c.1900 (Weatherhill) Bartine Castle 1955-61 (OS, 1955-61) Bartinney 1971 (site of prehistoric round)(Russell, 1971, p42) (Bond, 2009) Bartinney Castle 2011 (cairn enclosure) (Weatherhill, 2011)