Standing in a desolate spot in the middle of the moor, this isolated hostelry was made famous by Daphne du Maurier’s classic adventure story, published in 1936. The inn now houses a small museum of smuggling, and still has at least some of its period character, as well as a few four-poster rooms upstairs.
The author apparently conceived the idea for the book when she got lost while riding on Bodmin Moor and took shelter at the inn, where she was entertained with spooky stories and smuggling yarns by the local parson from Altarnun Church.
