Criggan is a hamlet

Hamlet

The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

 in Cornwall

Cornwall

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, England

England

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, UK

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, located north of the village of Bugle

Bugle, Cornwall

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. It lies on the edge of Criggan Moor, within an Area of Great Scientific Value. It lies along the railway line from Victoria

Victoria, Cornwall

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 and Roche railway station

Roche railway station

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 in the west to Bugle in the south.

The settlement is mentioned in Herman Melville

Herman Melville

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's The Piazza Tales

The Piazza Tales

The Piazza Tales is a collection of short stories by Herman Melville, which he published with Dix & Edwards in 1856 in the United States. A British edition followed shortly afterward. Except for the title story, "The Piazza," all of the stories had appeared in Putnam's Monthly over the years...

(1856) which says 'In Criggan last month, I put up three-and-twenty rods on only five buildings.' 'Let me see. Was it not at Criggan last week, about midnight on Saturday, that the steeple, the big elm and the assembly-room cupola were struck?.'