Tamar Valley Mining District

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historic mining landscape mining district

The Tamar Valley Mining District is a historically significant mining area in southwest England known for its rich legacy of copper and other metal extraction during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Tamar Valley Mining District canonical 1
supported Tavistock mining district 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic mining landscape ⓘ
mining district ⓘ
associatedWith Cornish mining tradition ⓘ
Devon mining history ⓘ
contains Bere Alston area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calstock area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunnislake area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morwellham area ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse conservation area ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
recreation and walking ⓘ
governedBy local authorities of Cornwall and Devon ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory decline in metal mining in late 19th century ⓘ
major 19th-century copper production ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue abandoned mine workings ⓘ
metal-contaminated soils ⓘ
hasFeature mine shafts ⓘ
quays and wharves ⓘ
spoil heaps ⓘ
tramways and railways ⓘ
hasHeritageValue industrial archaeology ⓘ
landscape transformation ⓘ
mining technology history ⓘ
hasLandscapeCharacter post-industrial rural valley ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Heritage cultural landscape ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfPeakActivity 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
includedInUNESCOSite Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor arsenic mining ⓘ
copper mining ⓘ
lead mining ⓘ
silver mining ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England

Tamar Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn River Tamar NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor arsenic works ⓘ
engine houses ⓘ
large copper lodes ⓘ
mining-related transport infrastructure ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn Cornwall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ
Industrial Revolution mining in Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site → hasPart → Tamar Valley Mining District ⓘ
Tavistock Canal → economicRole → Tamar Valley Mining District ⓘ
this entity surface form: supported Tavistock mining district