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Chegwin Carn
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Karn Chigwedn
(KW)
Type:
Topographical Feature
Parish:
Constantine
Hundred:
Kerrier
Elements:
chi
Meaning:
house
gwedn
Meaning:
white, fair, blessed
gwynn
Meaning:
white, fair, blessed
karn
Meaning:
crag, tor, cairn
Elements notes:
<karn> 'crag, tor, cairn' + <chi> ‘house’ + <Gwedn> Personal Name – Gwedn {feminine form of <gwynn> ‘white, fair, holy’}
Historic forms:
Chegwin Carn 1649 (field)(Padel, 1985)