Four Parishes Stone (EN) / Men Krows (KW)

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

krows

Meaning: 
cross

men

Meaning: 
stone
Elements notes: 
<men> ‘stone’ + <krows> ‘cross’
Historic forms: 
Meane Crouse 1613 (Pool, 1985) Mene Croose 1696 (Pool, 1985) Mene Crosse 1696 Maen Crowze 1788 (Pool, 1985) Four Parishes Rock 1788 Four Parishes Bound Rock 1839 Weatherhill