Zawn Carve (EN) / Sawen Korf (KW)

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

korf

Meaning: 
body

sawen

Meaning: 
plunging cliff chasm
Elements notes: 
<sawen> ‘coastal chasm’ + <korf> ‘body’
Historic forms: 
Zawn Carve 1907 (OS, 1907) Zawn Carve 1908 (OS, 1908) Zawn Carve 1948 (Gover, 1948)