Compass Cove (EN) / Porth Kompes (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

kompes

Meaning: 
level ground

porth

Meaning: 
cove, gate, harbour
Elements notes: 
<porth> ‘enterance, cove, harbour’ + <kompes> ‘even, balanced, level, plain, right, accurate’
Historic forms: 
Compass Cove 1908 (OS, 1908) Compass Cove ???? (Weatherhill)