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    Towans, Mexico Towans, Common Towans, Phillack Towans, Upton Towans and Gwithian Towans. Much of the area falls within the Gwithian to Mexico Towans SSSI...
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    beneath the viaduct on the site of the town's first railway station. In 1888, the National Explosive works were established on Upton Towans (giving it the alternative...
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    discolouration caused by mining effluent. The river's earlier name was Dowr Coner. Gwithian Towans cover the site of a Bronze Age farm which has been excavated...
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    Porthtowan (redirect from Wheal Towan)
    is located on the north Cornwall coast of the Celtic Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. It lies between Godrevy Head (with the Godrevy Towans) and St Agnes Head...
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    -5.690 Carn Towan (Cornish: Karn Tewyn) is a coastal hamlet northeast of Sennen Cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. Carn Towan is in the civil parish...
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    division also represents the eastern portion of the parish of Hayle, including the villages of Angarrack, Phillack and The Towans. Incumbent councillor,...
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  • Gordon Towan (born 24 March 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Towan spent...
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    Towan Head (Cornish: Penn Tewyn) is a headland one mile west of Newquay on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western...
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    Cornish evolved and is now rendered as "Towan Blystra"). Towan (or Tewynn) means dune or sand hill in Cornish, but the meaning of "blustri" or "blystra" is...
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  • Towan is a locality located in the 'Murray-Mallee' Ward of the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. Towan post office opened on 15 October 1915...
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