How did Carharrack get its name?

There appear to be three possible answers.

The first is based upon "Car" referring to a building of a friendly nature: a meeting place for travellers possible relating to a property in Little Carharrack.

Another enmanated from "Caer" or "Car", meaning a camp, enclosure or fort in Cornish and "harrack", a corruption of a personal name Harthoc. Together, it could mean "Harthoc's camp" or "Harthoc's fort".

The last derivative assumes the meaning of "Harrack" as a rock. Thus the meaning of "settlement near the rock".

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