Carn Bargies (EN) / Karn Bargos (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
Nr Nancothan
Elements: 

karn

Meaning: 
crag, tor, cairn

bargos

Meaning: 
buzzard
Elements notes: 
<karn> ‘crag, tor, cairn’ + <bargos> ‘buzzard’
Historic forms: 
Carn Bargies 1842 (TA 1842) (Pool, The Field-names of West Penwith, 1990, p. 40) Carn Bargies Coppice 1842 (Wood)(TA1423, 1842) Carn Bargies Croft 1842 (Furze)(TA1422, 1842) Carn Bargies Field 1842 (Arable)(TA1420, 1842)