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 '').
why is the lizard in cornwall called the lizard
most probably a corruption of the Cornish name "Lys Ardh '', meaning "high court ''