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3 unusual facts about Cape Cornwall


Cape Cornwall

Cape Cornwall Mine, a tin mine on Cape Cornwall, operated intermittently between 1838 and 1883.

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In 1987 the site was donated to the nation by the H. J. Heinz Company.

Longships Lighthouse

The flashes are white when seen from seaward, but red sectors show if a vessel strays too close to either Cape Cornwall to the north or Gwennap Head to the south-southeast.



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Cape Cornwall Secondary School

In 2012, Cape Cornwall School received funding from The Belling Foundation, a charitable trust from the electronics firm Belling, to improve their ICT suits.