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The St Mawes Tin Ingot.
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AddedAug 19 2008
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The St Mawes Tin Ingot.
"Arguably the most famous object ever found in Cornwall is this ingot of pure tin recovered in 1812 by bargemen ..... in Carrick Roads between St Mawes and St Just-in-Roseland.
... Dates attributed to it have ranged from the prehistoric to the mediaeval."

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