Gurnard's Head

Gurnard's Head from a drone
Gurnard's Head promontory from the southeast
Gurnard's Head is in the care of the National Trust.

Gurnard's Head (Cornish: Ynyal, meaning desolate one; grid reference SW432386) is a prominent headland on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England.[1] The name is supposed to reflect that the rocky peninsula resembles the head of the gurnard fish.[2]

  1. ^ OS Explorer Map 102 - Land's End (B2 ed.). Southampton: Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 978 0 319 24116 5.
  2. ^ Pool, Peter A S. The Place-Names of West Penwith (Second ed.). Heamoor: Self published. p. 89.