Battern Cliffs
cliff or slope · Cornwall
Old EnglishAI-generated
Battern Cliffs likely derives from Old English 'bere-tūn', meaning 'barley farm' or 'farm where barley is grown'. This is combined with 'clif', meaning 'cliff'.
Word origins
- Battern
- Old Englishbarley farm(from bere "barley", tūn "farmstead, estate, village")
- Cliffs
- Old Englishcliffs(from clif "cliff")