Wheal Frances is a village in

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, England, UK. It is located in the civil parish of

Perranzabuloe Perranzabuloe (; ) is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Perranzabuloe parish is bordered to the west by the Atlantic coast and St Agnes, Cornwall, St Agnes parish, to the north by Cubert parish, to the ea ...

Geography

Carnkief Pond, a

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is located to the north of the village. The site features 12 species of

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and is noted for its importance to

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Wheal Frances Mine

The village was noted for the Wheal Frances Mine of which many ruins remain.

References

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