Ligger Point (EN) / Penn Leghow (KW)

Type: 
Coastal Feature
Parish: 
Perranzabuloe
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

penn

Meaning: 
head, end, top

legh

Meaning: 
slab

-ow

Meaning: 
plural suffix
Elements notes: 
<penn> 'headland, head, end' + <legh> 'slab, ledge' + <-ow> plural suffix
Historic forms: 
Legoe (point) 1673 {from Pol} Ligger or Piran Bay 1813 Ligger Point 1813