Jamaica Inn Bodmin Moor Cornwall
by Richard Brookes
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Jamaica Inn Bodmin Moor Cornwall
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Richard Brookes
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The infamous and remote Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Built in 1750 as a coaching inn near the hamlet of Bolventor the inn gained notoriety as a stopping point for smugglers. It is reported that they used the inn to store contraband and had as many as 100 different routes to move their smuggled goods around. Also they were associated with stories of wreckers operating along the Cornish coast who lured ships onto the rocks to loot their cargo. Daphne Du Maurier stayed here for a while and later based her famous novel here. The book was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock and has had several tv adaptations. The inn was once owned by the famous novelist Alistair MacLean (Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare).
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Arjun Rai
Very impressive picture, nice to know about the stories of the past related to this beautiful inn.
John Hughes
Great image of an iconic real location made famous in literature, pity about the BBC series that was more famous for the terrible sound that ruined the production.
Richard Brookes replied:
Thank you John. I didn't watch that recent adaptation after the initial reviews. I also gather not much was filmed down here. The book still fires the imagination!
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