Horsedowns

Horsedowns
Horsedowns
 Horsedowns shown within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW6134
Shire countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CAMBORNE
Postcode district TR14
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentSt Ives
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Coordinates: 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 and Wheal Sara Mine.

References

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