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HORSEDOWNS Latitude and Longitude:

50°10′N 5°20′W / 50.16°N 05.33°W / 50.16; -05.33
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Horsedowns
Horsedowns is located in Cornwall
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50°10′N 5°20′W / 50.16°N 05.33°W / 50.16; -05.33

Horsedowns (or Horse Downs) is a hamlet east of Leedstown, south of Praze-an-Beeble and in the civil parish of Crowan, in West Cornwall, England. [1]

The hamlet is situated within the Tregonning and Trewavas Mining District of the Cornish Mining World Heritage area. Parts of the hamlet include historic mine workings, linked to the setts at Binner Downs (South) Mine, Wheal Sara Mine and Wheal Treasure Mine.

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961