Kildown Cove (EN) / Kil Down (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
Grade-Ruan
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

down

Meaning: 
deep

kil

Meaning: 
nook, back, ridge
Elements notes: 
<kil> ‘nook’ + <down> ‘deep’
Historic forms: 
Kildown Cove 1888 (OS, 1888) Kildown Cove 1908 (OS, 1908)