The key characteristics of Carnmenellis are . . .

155. Carnmenellis

The key characteristics of Carnmenellis are . . .

• Fragments of treeless heathland and wet moorland with exposed granite outcrops on the bleak uplands. 

• A pattern of small, regular pastoral fields enclosed by granite-faced banks and Cornish hedges.

• Trees and woodlands are uncommon apart from in the sheltered valleys which have wet willow and deciduous woods through which flow fast-running streams.

• Industrial remains and derelict engine houses from the former, small-scale mining industries are common.

• Dispersed settlement pattern of granite hamlets and farmsteads with villages mainly of recent, industrial origin.

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