Caradon Hill
50°30′41″N 4°26′12″W / 50.51130°N 4.43667°W
Caradon Hill (
mean sea level.[2] Caradon Hill is on the southeastern edge of the moor; it is between the villages of Minions (northwest), Upton Cross (northeast), Pensilva (southeast) and Darite (southwest).[3]
The hill was once famous for its
mineral collectors. The ruins of the Prince of Wales engine house are prominent at Wheal Phoenix.[5] Granite was also quarried nearby. The mining area around the southwest base of the hill form part of Crow's Nest SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).[4]
The Caradon Hill transmitting station television mast is near the summit of Caradon Hill at grid reference SX 272 707.
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
- ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961
- ^ a b "Crow's Nest" (PDF). Natural England. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ Linkinhorne, Caradon & Phoenix Area mineral info at Mindat.org
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