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Wheal Menear
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Hwel Menhir
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Type:
Historic Site
Parish:
Carlyon
Hundred:
Powder
Elements:
hir
Meaning:
long, high
hwel
Meaning:
works, mine
men
Meaning:
stone
Elements notes:
<hwel> 'mine, works' + <men> ‘stone’ + <hir> ‘tall, stone’
Historic forms:
Wheal Menear (Tin) 1888 (OS 1888)