ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 321 



615. — L'Eguignon. — Perhaps der. from Br.,givenn, white ; W., gwyn, white ; 

 gwynu, to whiten. The form of the word, however, may be guignon, 

 " corner rock." See 853. 



616. — Le HoUSSe. — R. Undoubtedly Kel. Br., huz, ahuz, above ; W.,uchel, 

 high, lofty, towering. 



617.— Les petites roehes.— R. 

 618.— Les fosses de la Conehee. 



619.— Les CoigTietS.— R. " The hidden rocks." 



620.— La Henrie.— R. Br. and W., hen, old ; W., henwr, old man. 



621.— La grosse Mai*s.— R. 



622.— La petite Mai's.— R. 



623.— La banque d'entre les PontS.— 582-623 lie near PereUe (581) ; 613- 



623 form part of "La Conehee ' ' (612) . 



624.— Le Beequet.— R. See 456. 

 625.— La fosse Jean Le Messurier. 



626. — La Crane. — R. No doubt of Kel. origin. 1. Br., crane, crab, also 



shell -fish ; W., crane, crab. 2. Br., cran, incision, cut, notch. 

 627.— La fosse du gal.— Gal means strong. 

 628.— L'Aiguillon— R. See 29. 

 629.— Le gros Pont.— R. See 610. 

 630.— La grande boue du gros Pont.— R. 



631. — Les boues des Courtillons. — R. " The place of men." Br., gour, 



man ; W., gwr, man. 

 632.— La Caine.— R. "The ledge." See 277. 

 633. — L'Essart. — N. Fr., essart, land lately cleared ; o. Fr., 1. Lat., exsartum, 



to fell trees, clear the ground. 



634.— La fosse de l'Essart. 

 635.— Le plat Pont.— R. 



636. — Le eamp au Zon. — B. Spelt also in one word "Campauzon." Kel., 

 "joyous place." Br., zon, song, joy. 



637.— La banque a Corbin.— See 539. 



638. — Le Croe. — B. See 474. W., croca, crooked, tortuous; crocau, to make 



crooked. 

 639. — Le roeher au neveu. — R. JSfeveu is possibly a Kel. word. Br., 



neunv, neunf, art of swimming; neunvi, neunhi, to swim; Ir., snaif, to 

 swim ; com. Heb., naah and Gr., neo. " The rock of the swimmer." 



640.— La noire roehe.— R. 

 641.— Le pont Jean Thomas. 

 642.— Riehmont (Castle). 



CATEL. 

 643.— La fosse aux Feves, or 



au Faivre. 



644. — Le Vazon. — B. This bay was formerly a forest (see Tupper's Hist, of 

 Guernsey, p. 26.) N. Fr., vason, marsh, inundated place, or place covered 

 with mire ; guason, obs. form of Fr., gason ; Fr., vase, mud. 



645. — La grande Crabiere. — R. Perhaps der. from Br., crab, crab or 

 shell -fish ; Br., craban, a claw. 



646.— La petite Crabiere.— R. See 645. 

 647.— Les Perrons— R. See 372. 

 648.— Les boues du Vazon«— R. 



