Kenneggy

50.1089°N 5.4074°W / 50.1089; -5.4074

Kenneggy Sands

Kenneggy comprises two separate hamlets, Higher Kenneggy (Cornish: Keunegi Wartha) to the west and Lower Kennegy (Cornish: Keunegi Woles) to the east, in Cornwall, England, UK. They are situated in the west of the civil parish of Breage, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the town of Penzance.[1]

To the south is the beach of Kenneggy Sands and to the north the hamlet of Kenneggy Downs.

The name Kenneggy is an anglicisation of the Cornish language keunegi, which means 'reed beds'.[2]

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  2. Akademi Kernewek place names - Keunegi


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