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Horsedowns

Coordinates: 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
Horsedowns
Horsedowns
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW6134
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCAMBORNE
Postcode districtTR14
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
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Cornwall
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 Archived 2 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine 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

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