Watch Croft (EN) / Karnan Bygh (KW)

Type: 
Topographical Feature
Parish: 
Morvah
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

bygh

Meaning: 
small

karnan

Meaning: 
small rock pile
Elements notes: 
<karn> 'crag, tor, cairn' + bygh 'small'
Historic forms: 
Carnonbigh 1584, 1695, Carn Veyagh, Carn Veigfe 1750, Carne an Vyth 1752, Watch Croft 1841, Trevean Hill, Morvah Hill 1872.