Tolcarn Round (EN) / Ker Talkarn (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Madron
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

karn

Meaning: 
crag, tor, cairn

ker

Meaning: 
fort

tal

Meaning: 
brow
Elements notes: 
<ker> 'fort, enclosed farm' + <tal> ‘brow’ + <karn> ‘crag, tor, cairn’
Historic forms: 
Kesteltalcarn 1302 (Gover, 1948) Tolcarn Round 1974 (Pool, The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance, 1974, p. 5)