Boscaswell is a Village in the county of Cornwall.

Boscaswell postcode: TR19 7EL

Retail in Boscaswell

There are great places to visit near Boscaswell including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

Don't miss Tehidy's hiking areas if visiting the area around Boscaswell.

The area around Boscaswell boasts some of the best country parks including Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park.

Boscaswell has some unmissable towns nearby like Callington, Polperro, and St Ives.

Hills to visit near Boscaswell include Kit Hill Country Park.

There are a several good villages in the Boscaswell area like Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is a great place to visit close to Boscaswell if you like historic buildings.

Boscaswell's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Boscaswell History

There are some historic monuments around Boscaswell:

• Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
• Round cairn on Carn Polpry
• Wayside cross at Nanquidno Farm
• Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
• Barrow 250yds (230m) W of Higher Botallack
• Courtyard house settlement 335m south of Nanjulian Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement immediately south east of Boskennal Farm
• The Ballowall Barrow incorporating entrance grave, cairn, ritual pits and cists 420m WSW of Bollowal Farm
• Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
• Part of a prehistoric field system and medieval strip fields 250m south west of Higher Bartinney
• Two barrows and circular enclosure on Pordenack Point
• Kerbed cairn 365m north west of Tredinney
• Wayside cross immediately north east of St John the Baptist's Church
• An entrance grave re-used as a kerbed cairn with cist known as 'Chapel Carn Brea'
• Courtyard house settlement with part of a field system and a possible fogou 550m SSE of Treen
• Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
• Two barrows on Woon Gumpus Common 700yds (640m) NNW of Boslow Farm
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
• Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
• Stone hut circle 390m south east of Little Brea Farm
• Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
• Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm
• Kerris Cross
• Fogou 70m north of Pendeen Manor Farm
• Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm
• Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
• Cliff castle known as Maen Castle
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Pendrea
• St Buryan churchtown cross
• Hut circle on Carnyorth Common 200yds (180m) W of Carn Kenidjack
• Medieval chapel called Chapel Jane
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
• Churchyard cross in St Just's churchyard, 10m west of the church
• Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
• Chambered barrow SSE of Treen
• Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
• Boskenna Cross
• Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
• Tin mine calciner at Botallack Mine
• Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
• Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
• Cross slab at parish church
• Wayside cross in St Just Vicarage garden
• Standing stone 230m west of the Old Manor
• Round cairn 230m SSW of Higher Tregiffian
• Two large regular stone circles 290m north east of Hailglower Farm
• Geevor Mine
• Promontory fort called Kenidjack Castle
• Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
• Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
• Group of round barrows on Truthwall Common
• A kerbed cairn with cists, 450m north east of Trevedra Farm
• Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
• Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
• Promontory fort called Bosigran Castle
• Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Entrance grave 140m east of Kerrow
• Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
• Medieval wayside cross 150m ESE of Lower Alsia
• Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
• Bowl barrow 180m north of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
• Medieval playing place known as Plain an Gwary, St Just
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
• Medieval chapel called St Helen's Chapel with a dwelling and enclosure at Cape Cornwall
• Boskenna Gate Cross
• Two standing stones known as 'The Pipers', 130m and 230m south west of Boleigh Farm
• Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
• Higher Levant Mine
• Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
• Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
• Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
• Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
• Carnyorth Circles, Carnyorth Farm
• Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
• Enclosed hut circle settlement, 500m north-west of Jericho Farm
• Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
• Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
• Long stone W of Boswens Common
• Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
• Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
• Platform cairn 190m SSE of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Round 340m south east of Trevean
• Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
• Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
• Two kerbed cairns 285m north east of Higher Botallack
• Boslow Cross 550yds (500m) NW of Boslow Farm
• Wayside cross 260m south east of Mayon Farm
• Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 35m SSW of Pendrea Cottage, south west of St Buryan
• Fogou at Lower Boscaswell
• Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
• Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
• Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm
• Wayside cross-head in St Sennen's churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
• Wayside cross in St Sennen's churchyard, 6m north of the church
• Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Field system on Dry Carn
• Treen Common stone circle
• Kerbed cairn 225m south of Heather Farm
• Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
• Crows-an-wra medieval wayside cross and a turnpike milestone.
• Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
• Round barrow 550yds (500m) N of Chycarne
• Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
• Watermill near Bosigran Castle
• Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
• Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
• Kerbed cairn 100m NNW of Chapel Carn Brea
• Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
• Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
• Holed stones on Kenidjack Common
• Leswidden Stone, 370m south west of Leswidden
• Base slab of a medieval wayside cross, 110m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
• Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
• The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle
• Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
• Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Standing stone 200yds (180m) W of Chycarne
• Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church
• Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
• An early Christian memorial stone at Boskenna
• Enclosure containing eight round cairns known as Bartine Castle, 460m south east of Higher Bartinney
• Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
• Promontory Fort called Trereen Dinas
• Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm
• Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
• Boleigh fogou
• Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
• Barrow 100yds (90m) SE of Halgolluir Farm
• Holy well called Madron Well
• Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
• Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
• Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Field system on Truthwall Common
• Botrea barrows
• Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
• Tin streamworks 245m south east of Higher Numphra
• Two ring cairns 110m north east of Chycarne
• Croftoe British village
• Prehistoric entrance grave 900m north west of Tregiffian Farm
• Ring cairn 305m NNW of Joppa Farm
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Stone hut circle 40m west of Carnyorth Farm
• Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
• Trevescan Cross 340m SSW of Sennen Church
• Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
• Standing stone 410m south east of Boskenna Cross
• Bowl barrow 300m south west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
• Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
• Wayside cross 170m north of Trevilley
• Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Two kerbed cairns 240m WSW of Boscregan
• Iron Age beehive hut 380m SSW of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Courtyard house and stone hut circle settlement 430m south west of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
• Round called Trewern Round