Boscreege
Encyclopedia
Boscreege is a small village in the civil parish
of Germoe
in west Cornwall
, in the United Kingdom
.
The village is on the southern edge of a former mining
area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite (one of five granite batholith
s in Cornwall) which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore (see also Geology of Cornwall
).
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of Germoe
Germoe
Germoe is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Germoe village, the parish's principal settlement and church town, is situated approximately five miles west of Helston and seven miles east of Penzance. The A394 Penzance to Helston road runs along the southern boundary of the...
in west Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
The village is on the southern edge of a former mining
Mining in Cornwall
Mining in Cornwall and Devon began in the early Bronze Age approximately 2,150 BC and ended with the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall closing in 1998...
area, part of a geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite (one of five granite batholith
Batholith
A batholith is a large emplacement of igneous intrusive rock that forms from cooled magma deep in the Earth's crust...
s in Cornwall) which was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore (see also Geology of Cornwall
Geology of Cornwall
The Geology of Cornwall is dominated by its granite backbone, part of the Cornubian batholith, formed during the Variscan orogeny. Around this is an extensive metamorphic aureole formed in the mainly Devonian slates that make up most of the rest of the county...
).