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Men Scryfa
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Men Skrifys
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Type:
Historic Site
Parish:
Madron
Hundred:
Penwith
Elements:
men
Meaning:
stone
skrifys
Meaning:
written
Elements notes:
<men> ‘stone’ + <skrifys> ‘written’
Historic forms:
Mean Scriffez c.1670 (Pool, 1985) Men Skrepha 1700 (Pool, 1985) Mean Screefis 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Mayne Screffes 1750 (Hals, 1750) Men Skryfa 1754 (Pool, 1985) Menscryffa 1778 (Gover, 1948) Mayon Screeps 1841 Weatherhill Mean Screefis 1884 (Symons, 1884) (Bond, 2009) Mên Scryfa – Inscribed Stone 1995 (OS 1995) Mên Scryfa – Standing Stone 1974 (OS 1974)