Menear (EN) / Menhir (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Carlyon
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

hir

Meaning: 
long, high

men

Meaning: 
stone
Elements notes: 
<men> ‘stone’ + <hir> ‘tall, stone’
Historic forms: 
Menhyre 1525 Meanhear 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Mencheir 1856 (OS 1856) Menear 1888 (OS 1888) Little Menear 1888 (OS 1888) Wheal Menear (Tin) 1888 (OS 1888) Menear Farm (SX 03 54) 2014 (OS 2014