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Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, United Kingdom.〔〔 Built as a coaching inn in 1750, and having an association with smuggling, it was the setting for Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel ''Jamaica Inn'', which was made into the film ''Jamaica Inn'' in 1939 by Alfred Hitchcock. Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet of Bolventor,〔 it was used as a staging post for changing horses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jamaica Inn, Cornwall )〕 The inn is alleged to be one of the most haunted places in Great Britain. Daphne du Maurier wrote her novel in 1930 when, having gone horse riding on the moors, she became lost in thick fog and sought refuge at the inn.〔 During the time spent recovering from her ordeal, the local rector is said to have entertained her with ghost stories and tales of smuggling; he would later become the inspiration for the enigmatic character of the Vicar of Altarnun. As well as the Hitchcock film, there has been a 1983 television series, ''Jamaica Inn'', starring Jane Seymour, and a television adaptation in 2014 starring Jessica Brown Findlay directed by Philippa Lowthorpe.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC1 – Jamaica Inn ) 〕 In addition to its use in literature, and film, the hotel is referenced in "Jamaica Inn", a song written by Tori Amos on her album ''The Beekeeper'', written while she was travelling by car along the road of the Cornwall cliffs, and inspired by the legend she had heard of the inn. The inn became a Grade II listed building in 1988. The hill named ''Tuber'' or ''Two Barrows'', , is close-by. ==Location== Jamaica Inn is located on the bleak Bodmin Moor, near Bolventor. Brown Willy is situated to the north, while Rough Tor is nearby, as are the valleys of Hantergantick and Hannon.〔 Dozmary Pool is situated south of the inn, while a branch of the Fowey estuary is to the west.〔 Spread over of land, the Jamaica Inn has been refurbished with a theme park face lift and functions as an exclusive bed and breakfast manor, with a pub, a museum and a gift shop. Bodmin is connected by road with St Austell, which is on the London-Penzance line.〔 The farm where British astronomer John Couch Adams was born is nearby.〔 Other landmarks include the Four-hole Cross, Peverell's Cross, the circular entrenchment of Cardinkam Bun, and the Knights Templar church ruins at Temple.〔 Between the inn and Kilmarth, a house near Par, can be found hut circles, stone lines and parts of ancient stream works.〔Paris, p. 237〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jamaica Inn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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