Boskednan
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Boskednan
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Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW4434 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Penzance |
Postcode district | TR20 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
Boskednan (Cornish: Boskednan)[1] is a hamlet near Mulfra Hill northwest of Penzance in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[2] It is in the civil parish of Madron.
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The Boskednan stone circle, also called the Nine Maidens of Boskednan, is nearby. The stone circle was built in either the Neolithic or Bronze Age period.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
External links
[edit] Media related to Boskednan at Wikimedia Commons