# Carnon River, Cornwall · Place

> Carnon River, Cornwall is a river with placer gold and tin, placed to about 10 km.

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Place · river with placer gold and tin

# Carnon River, Cornwall

[50.2200° N, 5.0900° W]

Carnon River, Cornwall is a river with placer gold and tin, placed to about 10 km.

A point on the lower river near Devoran (OpenStreetMap relation 4106273); the gold and tin isotope studies compared the disc with placer deposits along it.

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Placed to about 10 km

## Nearby within 500 km

[Preseli Hills](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWP79E6X1T/preseli-hills)

upland

194 km N

[Carn Goedog](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWP6ST2QHY/carn-goedog)

dolerite outcrop and quarry

196 km N

[Waun Mawn](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWP71M1J8N/waun-mawn)

stone setting

196 km N

[Craig Rhos-y-felin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWP6J05VY9/craig-rhos-y-felin)

rhyolite outcrop and quarry

198 km N

[Winterbourne Stoke crossroads barrows](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPG2P7SJT/winterbourne-stoke-crossroads-barrows)

round barrow cemetery

251 km NE

[Lake barrows](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPGAG0DZ4/lake-barrows)

round barrow cemetery

251 km NE

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Carnon River, Cornwall [Place PLC0D2SB3ZC1J2M]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D2SB3ZC1J2M
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Key

**PLC** 0D2SB3ZC1J2M

Record

Place

Kind

River with placer gold and tin

Position

50.2200° N, 5.0900° W

Precision

About 10 km

Version

2

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