Mineardowns Mine (EN) / Hwel Goon Menhir (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

goon

Meaning: 
downs

hir

Meaning: 
long, high

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine

men

Meaning: 
stone
Elements notes: 
<hwel> 'mine, works' + <goon> 'downs' + <men> ‘stone’ + <hir> ‘tall, stone’
Historic forms: 
Mineardowns Mine 1888 (OS 1888)