Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape¹
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iii, iv
Identification	#1215
Region2	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	2006 30th WH Committee Session
WH link:	http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1215
1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List 2 As classified officially by UNESCO

The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site in the counties of Cornwall and Devon in the South West of England. It was added to the World Heritage list in 2006. The natural igneous landscape of moors and rocky coasts was transformed in the 18th and 19th century by copper and tin mining. Steam technology was pioneered here, with figures such as Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen and Richard Trevithick developing steam engines in the region. Since the decline of mining the landscape has become dotted with ruined engine houses.

[edit] History

Up to the middle 1500s, Devon produced approximately 25-40% of the amount of tin that Cornwall did but the total amount of tin production from both Cornwall and Devon during this period was relatively small. After the 1540s, Cornwall's production took off and Devon's production was only about 1/9 - 1/10 that of Cornwalls. From the mid-16th Century the Devon Stannaries were worth very little in income to the King and were sidelined as such following the Supremacy of Parliament Act 1512 (this not apply to the Stannaries of Cornwall).

[edit] See also

• Stannary Courts and Parliaments
• Mining in Cornwall
• Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament

[edit] External links

• UNESCO listing
• BBC - World Heritage site bid gets go-ahead
• World Heritage website
• Cornish Mining - World Heritage Status

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England: Blenheim Palace · Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey & St. Martin's Church · Bath · Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape · Derwent Valley Mills · Durham Castle & Cathedral · Ironbridge Gorge · Jurassic Coast · Kew Gardens · Liverpool · Maritime Greenwich · Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey &  St. Margaret's · Saltaire · Stonehenge & Avebury · Studley Royal Park & Fountains Abbey · Tower of London Scotland: Edinburgh Old Town & New Town · Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Maeshowe, Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae, Standing Stones of Stenness) · New Lanark · St Kilda Wales: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd (Beaumaris Castle, Caernarfon Castle, Conwy Castle, Harlech Castle) · Blaenavon Northern Ireland: Giant's Causeway Overseas territories: Henderson Island · Gough Island and Inaccessible Island · St. George's Transboundary: Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall)