Lizard Point
Preserved but no longer current.
Gaelic, "the point of the high (ard) fort (/&)." Ard appears in a large number of place names — Ardrossan (the Btae high point), Ardwick (the high town), the Ardennes (high valleys), etc., and Lis in Us- more, Liskeard, Ballylesson (the town of the little fort), etc.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Lizard Point” mean?
Gaelic, "the point of the high (ard) fort (/&)." Ard appears in a large number of place names — Ardrossan (the Btae high point), Ardwick (the high town), the Ardennes (high valleys), etc., and Lis in Us- more, Liskeard, Ballylesson (the town of the little fort), etc.
Is “Lizard Point” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.