Gerrans Point (EN) / Penn Garan (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
St Austell
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top

garan

Meaning: 
crane
Elements notes: 
<penn> ‘headland, head, end’ + <Garan> ‘crane’
Historic forms: 
Garron Point 1794 Weatherhill Little Gerran Rock 1856 (OS 1856) Gerrans Point 1888 (OS 1888) Little Gerrans 1888 (OS 1888) Gerrans Point 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Gerrans Point 2014 (OS 2014)