Shark’s Fin [rock] (EN) / Askel an Morvleydh (KW)

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

an

Meaning: 
the

askel

Meaning: 
wing, fin

morvleydh

Meaning: 
shark
Elements notes: 
<askel> ‘fin, wing’ + <an> ‘the’ + <morvleydh> ‘shark’
Historic forms: 
Shark’s Fin 1888 (OS, 1888) Shark’s Fin 1908 (OS, 1908) Sharks Fin 1948 (Gover, 1948) Shark’s Fin 1974 (OS, 1974) Shark’s Fin 2016 (OS, 2016)