Bossiney

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Bossiney (Cornish: Boskyni) is a village in northern Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the eastern part of the larger village of Tintagel.

It was previously considered a town on its own, and elected two members to the unreformed House of Commons, until the Reform Act 1832 stripped it of its representation as a rotten borough.

To the east of the village lie the remains of an earthen ringwork and bailey, which were discovered during archaeological excavations during the 1800s, and these date to c. 1150. Almost certainly this castle was built by Reginald, the illegitimate son of Henry I of England who made him Earl of Cornwall.

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