Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

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The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a World Heritage Site in Cornwall and Devon, South West England, United Kingdom. It was added to the World Heritage list in 2006. The natural ignious 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] 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 · Hadrian's Wall · Ironbridge Gorge · Jurassic Coast · Kew Gardens · Liverpool · Maritime Greenwich · Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey &  St. Margaret's · Saltaire · Stonehenge & Avebury · Studley Royal Park · 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