Crane [mine] (EN) / Hwel Karvran (KW)

Type: 
Infrastructure
Parish: 
Camborne
Hundred: 
Kerrier
Elements: 

bran

Meaning: 
crow

hwel

Meaning: 
works, mine

kar

Meaning: 
fort
Elements notes: 
<hwel> 'mine' + <kar> 'hill-fort, enclosed farm' + <bran> 'crow'
Historic forms: 
Crane [mine] 1784 (letter from James Watt to Thomas Wilson)