Hensbarrow [barrow] (EN) / Krug Ewik (KW)

Type: 
Historic Site
Parish: 
Treverbyn
Hundred: 
Powder
Elements: 

ewik

Meaning: 
hind, doe

krug

Meaning: 
barrow, mound
Elements notes: 
<krug> 'mound, barrow' + <ewik> 'hind, doe'
Historic forms: 
Hyndesbergh 1284 Hynesbergh 1310 Hensborrowe 1591 (Manor of Treverbyn Courtnay Survey, 1591) Haynborough 1602 (hill)(Carew, 1602, p6r) (Bond, 2009) Haynborough 1673 (Blome, 1673, p59) (Bond, 2009) Hens Burrow 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Hensbarrow 1856 (OS 1856) Hensbarrow 1884 (Symons, 1884) Tumulus 1974 (OS 1:50,000 First Series, 1974) Hensbarrow [the barrow] (SX 99 57) 2014 (OS 2014)