Caradon Mining District

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Caradon Mining District is a historic mining area in Cornwall, England, renowned for its 19th-century copper and tin mines and characteristic engine houses that form part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.

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instanceOf copper mining area ⓘ
historic mining district ⓘ
industrial heritage site ⓘ
tin mining area ⓘ
associatedWith Cornish beam engines ⓘ
Cornish mining technology ⓘ
contains Craddock Moor Mine ⓘ
Holman’s Shaft ⓘ
Phoenix United Mine ⓘ
South Caradon Mine ⓘ
West Caradon Mine ⓘ
various engine houses ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse educational field studies in mining history ⓘ
recreational walking and heritage trails ⓘ
declinePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
governedBy Cornwall Council ⓘ
hasViewpoint Caradon Hill ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalEconomicImportance major regional employer in the 19th century ⓘ
industrialRevolutionRole important copper-producing area in southwest England ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century copper mining ⓘ
19th-century tin mining ⓘ
engine houses ⓘ
industrial archaeology ⓘ
landscapeCharacterizedBy engine house ruins ⓘ
mining shafts ⓘ
spoil heaps ⓘ
locatedIn Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
locatedNear Liskeard ⓘ
locatedOn Bodmin Moor ⓘ
partOf Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) on Bodmin Moor ⓘ
Cornish mining heritage ⓘ
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape ⓘ
periodOfGreatestActivity 19th century ⓘ
primaryCommodity copper ⓘ
protectionStatus conservation area for industrial archaeology ⓘ
secondaryCommodity tin ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism destination ⓘ
worldHeritageSiteSince 2006 ⓘ

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