[Spellyans] kal revisited

[Craig Weatherhill]

I think you might have to horrify her, Christian!  The historic  
sequence is as follows:

Karkallek 1302, Cargallek 1302, 1312; Carallek 1410; Carallack 1589

The derivation is most probably ker + callek (lenited).

The "ker" was undoubtedly a Late Iron Age round, or enclosed  
settlement, situated at the near the western foot of Carn Bosavern.   
The actual site of this isn't known, and the field names don't lend  
much help.  I suspect that the round might have been on the site of  
the present Carrallack Farm, although "Carrallack Field" lies 100m S  
of the farm.  The fields here are of a nuclear pattern, the nucleus  
being the farm itself.

The "Callek" (penile, penis-like feature) is undoubtedly Carn Bosavern  
itself, which is the only prominent hill within a mile radius of the  
site.  Viewed from the west, this exhibits a long, comparatively  
gentle and regular slope (now carrying a divided terrace of houses) to  
the 158m (520 ft) summit, which is capped by a low exposed granite tor  
(carn).  The southern slope drops very steeply away from the summit,  
so that (from the west) the hill looks like a wedge lying on its side.

Craig


On 5 Gen 2009, at 16:59, Christian Semmens wrote:

> Are you sure Carallack is from Ker Gallek? I think my aunt was quietly
> horrified to think her house was named after a penis! :-)
>
> Christian
>
> 2009/1/3 Craig Weatherhill <craig at agantavas.org>:
>> I forgot to add that the word is cal in place names, e.g.  
>> Calvadnack (<cal
>> vannek), Colvannick (<cal vannek), Carrallack (< ker gallek),  
>> Colvenner (2
>> exx.) (<cal veneth).
>>
> ...
>> The third has: <-gallek> once; <-kallek> once, <-allek> once and  
>> <allack>
>> once.
>>
> ...
>>
>> Craig
>
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