<P> The name `` Lizard '' is most probably a corruption of the Cornish name `` Lys Ardh '' , meaning `` high court '' ; it is purely coincidental that much of the peninsula is composed of a rock called serpentinite . The Lizard peninsula 's original name may have been the Celtic name `` Predannack '' ( `` British one '' ) ; during the Iron Age ( Pytheas c. 325 BC ) and Roman period , Britain was known as Pretannike ( in Greek ) and as Albion ( and Britons the `` Pretani '' ) . </P>
<P> The name `` Lizard '' is most probably a corruption of the Cornish name `` Lys Ardh '' , meaning `` high court '' ; it is purely coincidental that much of the peninsula is composed of a rock called serpentinite . The Lizard peninsula 's original name may have been the Celtic name `` Predannack '' ( `` British one '' ) ; during the Iron Age ( Pytheas c. 325 BC ) and Roman period , Britain was known as Pretannike ( in Greek ) and as Albion ( and Britons the `` Pretani '' ) . </P>
why is the lizard in cornwall called the lizard
why is the lizard in cornwall called the lizard
most probably a corruption of the Cornish name `` Lys Ardh '' , meaning `` high court ''
most probably a corruption of the Cornish name `` Lys Ardh '' , meaning `` high court ''