Lankidden Cove (EN) / Porth Lonkydn (KW)

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

lonk

Meaning: 
gully, ravine

porth

Meaning: 
cove, gate, harbour

ydn

Meaning: 
narrow, slender, confined
Elements notes: 
<porth> 'cove' + <lonk> ‘gully, ravine’ + <ydn> ‘narrow, slender, confined’
Historic forms: 
Lankidden Cove 1907 (OS, 25”, 1907) Lankidden Cove 1908 (OS, 1908) Lankidden Cove 1948 (Gover, 1948) Lankidden Cove 1996 (OS, 1:25000, 1996) Lankidden Cove 2016 (OS, 2016)