Wheal Parent (EN) / Hwel Kar (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Redruth
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine

kar

Meaning: 
fort
Elements notes: 
Etymology: <hwel> ‘mine, workings’ + <kar> ‘parent’
Historic forms: 
Wheal Parent 1841 (field)(Treleigh)(TA3270) Wheal Parent Mine 1841 (field)(Sparnon’s Gate)(TA504, 1841)