Chûn Cromlech (EN) / Koyt Chi an Woon (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Morvah
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

koyt

Meaning: 
quoit

chi

Meaning: 
house

an

Meaning: 
the

goon

Meaning: 
downs
Elements notes: 
<koyt> 'quoit, cromlech' + <chi> ‘house’ + <an> ‘the’ + <goon> ‘down’
Historic forms: 
Choon Quoit 1884 (Bond, 2009) Chywoon Quoit 1884 (Bond, 2009) Chûn Cromlech 1888 (Remains of a Tumulus) (Ordnance Survey, 1888) Chûn Cromlech 1888 (Bond, 2009) Chun Quoit 1960 (Thomas, 1960, p50) (Bond, 2009)