Bolventor 's a hamlet on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village's bypassed by a dual carriageway section of the A30 between Launceston, Cornwall and Bodmin, Cornwall. Until the bypass was built, the village straddled the main road. Daphne du Maurier, a former resident, chose Bolventor as the setting for Jamaica Inn, her novel about Cornish smugglers. The original coaching house, Jamaica Inn, that inspired the novel has stood beside the main road through the village since 1547. It'… (More on Bolventor)