Meaning:
grave
Boscathnoe Reservoir (EN) / Kreun Bedhkasnow (KW)
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Elements notes:
<kreun> 'reservoir' + <bedh> ‘grave, tomb’ + <Kasnow> personal name {OC<catu-> ‘battle’ + <gnauos> ‘renowned, famous’} (Gover, The Place-Names of Cornwall, 1948, p. 710)
Historic forms:
Boscathnoe Reservoir 1995 (OS 1995)
English (1)
Cornish (1)