Calvadnack

Calvadnack (Cornish: Kal Vadnek, meaning prominent point) is a 130 acres (53 hectares) area of heathland 3.7 miles (6.0 km) south-east of Camborne in Cornwall, England, UK. Calvadnack is in the civil parish of Wendron. Calvadnack is south-west of the hill of Carnmenellis.[1] In the centre of the moor are the remains of an Iron Age settlement consisting of four round houses.[2][3]

Calvadnack and Farmland

Calvadnack
Kal Vadnek
Shown within Cornwall
Coordinates50°10′29″N 5°14′14″W
TypeIron Age Settlement
Designated2006
Part ofCornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

Almost all of Calvadnack Moor is in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape which has been designated as a World Heritage Site . The site was added to the World Heritage List during the 30th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, July 2006.

References
  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Land's End, sheet 189. 1961
  2. Weatherhill, Craig (2000). Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly. Cornwall Books.
  3. "Megaliths, Menhirs and Stone Circles of Cornwall". Cornwall in focus. Retrieved 9 January 2016.


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