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Trevaunance Mine
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Hwel Trefownans
(KW)
Type:
Historic Site
Parish:
St Agnes
Hundred:
Pydarshire
Elements:
fow
Meaning:
beech trees
hwel
Meaning:
works, mine
nans
Meaning:
valley
tre
Meaning:
farmstead, settlement
Elements notes:
1. <hwel> 'mine' + <tre> 'farmstead, settlement' + <fownans> 'beech valley' {<fow> 'beech trees' + <nans> 'valley'}; or2. <hwel> 'mine' + <tre> 'farmstead, settlement' + <fownans> 'cave valley' {<fow> 'cave' + <nans> 'valley'}