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Karn Morvedh
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Type:
Topographical Feature
Parish:
Madron
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
karn
Meaning:
crag, tor, cairn
Morvedh
Meaning:
Morvah
Elements notes:
<karn> ‘crag, tor, cairn’ + <Morvedh> place-name = Morvah
Historic forms:
Caren 1327 (Gover, 1948) Kaern 1621 (Weatherhill) Carne 1625 (Weatherhill) Carn House Carne 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Carnmorvah 1884 [the carn](Weatherhill) Carn Downs 1974 (OS 1974) Carn Farm 2014 (OS 2014) Carn Watch [NW outcrop of the carn](Weatherhill) Carn Bean [other outcrop of the carn](Weatherhill)