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Carn Grey
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Karn Greyth
(KW)
Type:
Topographical Feature
Parish:
Treverbyn
Hundred:
Powder
Elements:
greyth
Meaning:
?Obscure
gwreydh
Meaning:
roots
karn
Meaning:
crag, tor, cairn
Elements notes:
<karn> 'crag, tor, cairn' + <greyth> obscure – 1602 historic form used. Possibly connected with <gwreydh> ‘roots’.
Historic forms:
Carne Gray 1743 Carnegrey Rock 1856 (OS 1856) Carngray Rock 1884 (near Carclaze pit)(Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Carngrey Rock 1888 (OS 1888) Carn Grey (SX 03 54) 2014 (OS 2014)