Calvadnack | |
Native Name: | Kal Vadnek |
Map Type: | Cornwall |
Coordinates: | 50.1747°N -5.2372°W |
Type: | Iron Age Settlement |
Designation1: | World Heritage Site |
Designation1 Partof: | Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape |
Designation1 Date: | 2006 |
Calvadnack (kw|'''Kal Vadnek''', meaning prominent point) is a 130acres area of heathland 3.7miles 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]
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.