⛏️ Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape: Gwennap Mining District (006i) with Devoran and Perran (006ii) and Kennall Vale (006iii)
Industrial mining region of tin and copper extraction, 18th–19th century, southwest England
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Cornwall and West Devon, southwest England
- Primary activity: Tin and copper mining, 18th–19th centuries
- Key sites: Gwennap District, Devoran, Perran, Kennall Vale
- UNESCO inscription: 2006
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is an industrial region in southwest England that transformed global mining practice through 18th and 19th-century tin and copper extraction. The Gwennap Mining District, along with the associated coastal processing ports of Devoran and Perran and the gunpowder works at Kennall Vale, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006. As of 2026, the landscape remains substantially intact, with hundreds of surviving engine houses, mine shafts ...