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⛏️ Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape: Tregonning and Gwinear Mining Districts(003i) with Trewavas (003ii)

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⛏️ Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape: Tregonning and Gwinear Mining Districts(003i) with Trewavas (003ii)
Industrial heritage landscape shaped by tin and copper extraction, 18th–20th centuries, southwest Cornwall


🕐 5 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 17:37

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Southwest Cornwall, between Hayle, Camborne, and Helston
  • Primary minerals: Tin and copper extraction
  • Peak period: 18th and 19th centuries during Industrial Revolution
  • UNESCO inscription: 2006

The Tregonning and Gwinear Mining Districts are an industrial heritage landscape in southwest Cornwall that preserves the material ...

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