Cornish Killas, Upland and Upland Fringe
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
This area forms the main body of the Cornish landmass around the granite outcrops of Bodmin Moor, Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis and West Penwith, and the mixed geology of The Lizard. It comprises an undulating slate plateau with little woodland, except in the steep sided valleys, although in places hedgerow trees can give the impression of far denser woodland cover, an effect drastically reduced with the loss of many Cornish Elms. It stretches from the urban areas of Saltash and Launceston westwards to Penzance. Part of the area lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the Tamar Valley AONB. A significant proportion of the land is within the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, covering almost all of the identified areas (the port of Hayle, Tregonning and Gwinear Mining Districts, Trewavas, Camborne and Redruth Mining District, Pool, Portreath Harbour, St Agnes Mining District, Wheal Peevor, Gwennap Mining District, Kennall Vale, Devoran, Perran Foundry, Charlestown, Luxulyan Valley, Caradon Mining District, Tamar Valley).
- Report Number:
- 156/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 21
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
