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Tintagel Remains of the castle at Tintagel, Cornwall, England.

North Cornwall

district, England, United Kingdom
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North Cornwall, former district, Cornwall unitary authority, southwestern England, in the northeastern part of the county. Most of the district fell within the historic county of Cornwall, but an area extending west from Werrington along the River Otter belonged to the historic county of Devon. The former North Cornwall district is an area of elevated, open terrain. Bodmin Moor, a bleak granite intrusive 800 to nearly 1,400 feet (240 to 425 metres) high, having only...

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