Castle Minack (EN) / Kastel Meynek (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
Nr Helnoweth
Elements: 

kastel

Meaning: 
castle

meynek

Meaning: 
stony, abounding in stones
Elements notes: 
<kastel> 'castle' + <meynek> 'abounding in stones'
Historic forms: 
Castle Minack 1768-9 [TA 1736, 1768-9] Castle Minack 1840 (Russell, 1971, p42, citing from c.1840)