Boscaswell
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Boscaswell is a village in the extreme west of Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
It lies towards the cliffs looking west from Pendeen. It is a village consisting mostly of granite terraced cottages with a council house estate. Some of the cottages used to house tin mining families who would be working down the Geevor Tin Mine. The Atlantic Ocean is just beyond the cliffs.
Boscaswell traces its name to Bos Castle (but should not be confused with the present-day village of Boscastle, which is further east on the north Cornwall coast). F. J. Horsefield suggested that what is now Boscaswell was once the site of another Danish castle. Again now not thought to be true, again a wrongful supposition and the name has nothing to do with castles. At the lower end of Boscaswell, recent archaeological excavations are said to have suggested that the land has been occupied for more than 10,000 years. There is an ancient pagan well in Boscaswell which is where the name is thought to have its origins, the name suggests that it is the place (Bos) of Cas' (a person or entity or abbreviation thereof) Well (as in the English word).
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Coordinates: 50°09′N 5°40′W / 50.15°N 5.667°W
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