284 MAWGAN CEOSS, MENEAGE. 



which I took, their forms are clearly traceable. The least 

 distinct of them being (as already stated) the first letter of 

 each line. 



According to C. S. Gilbert,* Llwyd, in 1715, conjectured that 

 Cnegumus might have been a person of such local importance 

 that the whole South- Western area of a dozen contiguous 

 parishes received the name of " Meneage " from this monument : 

 — "Men-Cneg," the stone of Cnegum. Such a supposition, 

 although ingenious, needs no discussion. The name of the 

 region has been otherwise derived. It can scarcely have been 

 called after Maneg, Cornu-Celtic for a glove, (Latin, manica), 

 its outline so very slightly resembling such a form. It is 

 thought that the title is taken from Maen-ek, Men-ic, or Menig, 

 stony ; — a name not unsuitable for that peninsula which, jutting 

 boldly seaward, includes within it, besides other rocks, those of 

 the important Serpentine district of the Lizard. 



*Vol. I, p. 187, of his Historical Survey. 



