Carn Spernic [cliff] (EN) / Karn Spernek (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

karn

Meaning: 
crag, tor, cairn

spernek

Meaning: 
thorny
Elements notes: 
<karn> 'crag, tor, cairn' + <spernek> ‘thorny’
Historic forms: 
Carn Spernack 1813 (Weatherhill) Carn Sparnack 1866 (Weatherhill) Carn Spernic 1907 (coastal)(OS, 25”, 1907) Carn Spernic 1908 (OS, 1908)