Horsedowns

Horsedowns
Horsedowns
Horsedowns shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW6134
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CAMBORNE
Postcode district TR14
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

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
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