To me this was just the island before I saw the 19th century map you put up which showed that name. It s fascinating to know it had that name Carn Olven and no doubt, it was once a carn or torr or rockpile on land but in the Resurrection of Christ miracle play of the Cornish trilogy (the Ordinalia) ‘carn’ occurs twice and means ‘rock in the sea’! As for ‘olven’, I can only guess at its meaning. Ol (track/print) +ven (from men = stone) so Track-Stone Carn? ‘Oelva’ means weeping so possibly Weeping Carn ?
Possibly a reference to Lachryma Christi? But yes, to me also it was the island , but now I am older and even more of a pedant than ever I was; I like to do un fitty proper.
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