Drawna Point (EN) / Penn Dreyn (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Keverne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Notes: 
Amended from dreynennow to dreyn
Elements: 

dreyn

Meaning: 
thorns

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘headland, head, end’ + <dreyn> ‘thorns’
Historic forms: 
Dranna Point 1748 (Gover, 1948) Dranna Point 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Dranna 1856 (OS, 1856) Dranna Point 1884 (Symons, 1884) Drawna Point 1948 (Gover, 1948)