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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.

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.