A new booklet has been produced, providing advice for farmers on managing mining features on farmland in West Devon and Cornwall. The free booklet has been produced by Cornwall County Council?s Historic Environment Service (HES) and was launched in partnership with the World Heritage Site Team (WHS), Natural England, the Farming and Wildlife Advisery Group and Martin Howlett, owner of Deer Park Farm and current Cornwall chair of the NFU. The booklet, ?Managing mining features on farmland?, provides a basic introduction to the World Heritage Site and covers suggested management of a variety of mining features, including shafts, adits, outcrop workings, engine houses and other buildings as well as general land management. The booklet outlines ideal management to best preserve and protect archaeological features, water courses and wildlife habitats. Beyond those sites in public and large scale private ownership, the iconic rural mining landscape has survived thanks to many farmers adapting their businesses to their surrounding environment through local knowledge and skills rather than destroying and removing the remnants of the mining landscape. Ann Reynolds, historic environment service countryside advice officer said: ?The support of the farming community is vital to the successful management of the WHS, with 83% of the land within the WHS in small-scale private ownership. ?This booklet has been produced to introduce farmers to the WHS and the types of features they are likely to encounter on their land? The booklet will be available from The Historic Environment Service by emailing: [email protected]">[email protected] or by phoning 01872 323603.
