Gamas Point (EN) / Penn an Gammas (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
Pentewan Valley
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

an

Meaning: 
the

kammas

Meaning: 
bend, bay

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘headland, head, end’ + <an> ‘the’ + <kammas> ‘bend, bay’
Historic forms: 
Gamas Point 1888 (OS 1888) Gamas Point 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Gamas Point 2014 (OS 2014)