Pendeen Vau (EN) / Fow Penndin (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
St Just
Hundred: 
Penwith
Notes: 
Iron Age fougou, underground chamber
Elements: 

din

Meaning: 
fort, castle

fow

Meaning: 
beech trees

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
fow 'cave' + penn 'head' + din 'castle, fortress'
Historic forms: 
Pendene vowe 1584, Pendeen Vau 1861