Porthbeer Cove [cove] (EN) / Porth Meur (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

meur

Meaning: 
great

porth

Meaning: 
cove, gate, harbour
Elements notes: 
<porth> ‘cove, harbour, enterance’ + <meur> ‘great’
Historic forms: 
Porthbeer 1813 (Weatherhill) Porthbeer 1866 (Weatherhill) Porthbeer Cove 1908 (OS, 1908) Porthbear Cove 1948 (Gover, 1948) Porthbeer Cove 2016 (OS, 2016)