Dartmoor represents one of the largest areas of exposed granite in the United Kingdom, covering an area of 368 square miles (954 square kilometres).[1] It is part of a chain of granite stretching through Cornwall, as far as the Isles of Scilly.
Some of the more durable granite survived to form the rocky crowns of Dartmoor tors. One of the best known is at Haytor, on the eastern part of the moor, whose granite is of unusually fine quality and was quarried from the hillside below the tor during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its stone was used to construct the pillars outside the British Museum in London, and to build London Bridge. The last granite to be quarried there was used to build Exeter War Memorial in 1919.
In addition there are hills which incorporate 'tor' in their name but yet do not feature the geomorphological feature described in this article. Examples include Mam Tor and Shining Tor.[2]
^Dartmoor National Park Authority website. Retrieved 12 October 2008 5 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheets OL1 Dark Peak area & OL24 White Peak area
^ abcTwidale, C.R. (1995). "Bornhardts, Boulders and Inselbergs". Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe. 20: 347–380.
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The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the English speaking world and Europe and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject You may improve this article discuss the issue on the talk page or create a new article as appropriate July 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The following list enumerate and expand on notable tors Contents 1 Tors in Great Britain 1 1 Dartmoor 1 2 Cornwall 1 3 Peak District 1 4 Pennines 1 5 Scotland 1 6 Other areas 2 Tors in other regions 2 1 Africa 2 2 Germany 2 3 India 2 4 North America 2 5 New Zealand 2 6 Spain 3 ReferencesTors in Great Britain EditDartmoor Edit Further information on Dartmoor s tors List of Dartmoor tors and hills Panorama of some of Dartmoor s tors in the snow Dartmoor represents one of the largest areas of exposed granite in the United Kingdom covering an area of 368 square miles 954 square kilometres 1 It is part of a chain of granite stretching through Cornwall as far as the Isles of Scilly Some of the more durable granite survived to form the rocky crowns of Dartmoor tors One of the best known is at Haytor on the eastern part of the moor whose granite is of unusually fine quality and was quarried from the hillside below the tor during the 19th and early 20th centuries Its stone was used to construct the pillars outside the British Museum in London and to build London Bridge The last granite to be quarried there was used to build Exeter War Memorial in 1919 Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike on Dartmoor Hawk s Tor Bodmin Moor Cornwall Cornwall Edit Alex Tor Bodmin Moor Hawk s Tor Bodmin Moor There are two on the moor One near Lewannick One near Temple Helman Tor mid Cornwall Rough Tor Bodmin Moor Trewortha Tor Bodmin Moor Showery Tor Bodmin Moor Cheesewring Bodmin Moor Brown Willy Bodmin Moor Carneglos Tor Bodmin Moor Temple Tor Bodmin Moor Garrow Tor Bodmin Moor Kilmar Tor Bodmin Moor Butter s Tor Bodmin Moor Carn Brea Redruth Sharp Tor Bodmin Moor St Bellarmins Tor Bodmin Moor Codda Tor Bodmin Moor Maiden Tor Bodmin Moor Little Rough Tor Bodmin Moor Catshole Tor Bodmin Moor Butter s Tor Bodmin Moor Carbilly Tor Bodmin Moor Fox Tor Bodmin Moor Tolcarne Tor Bodmin Moor Greymare Rock Bodmin Moor Hill Tor Bodmin Moor Tregarrick Tor Bodmin Moor Bearah Tor Bodmin Moor Newel Tor Bodmin Moor Colvannick Tor Bodmin Moor Carburrow Tor Bodmin Moor Carkees Tor Bodmin Moor Carey Tor Bodmin Moor Trekennick Tor Bodmin Moor Lanlavery Rock Bodmin Moor Jubilee Rock Bodmin MoorHills Kit Hill Callington Hensbarrow Beacon St Austell Downs Buttern Hill Bodmin Moor Candra Hill Bodmin Moor Carn Brea Penwith Dinnever Hill Bodmin Moor Louden Hill Bodmin Moor Caradon Hill Bodmin Moor Watch Croft Penwith Hensbarrow Beacon St Austell Downs Carnmenellis between Redruth Helston and Penryn Hobb s Hill Bodmin MoorPeak District Edit There are many tors in this area notably in the Dark Peak where the host rock is Millstone Grit Back Tor Derwent Edge 538m Carl Wark Hathersage Moor Chee Tor Buxton Dovestone Tor Derwent Edge 505m Great Tor Bamford Higger Tor Higger Tor 384m and Over Owler Tor 375m Howshaw Tor overlooking Sheffield Ladybower Tor Upper Derwent Valley Low Tor Bradfield Moors The Salt Cellar on Derwent Edge Mam Tor Edale Whinstone Lee Tor White Tor Derwent Moors 487m In addition there are hills which incorporate tor in their name but yet do not feature the geomorphological feature described in this article Examples include Mam Tor and Shining Tor 2 Pennines Edit Almscliffe Crag west of Harrogate Cow and Calf Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire Made from Millstone Grit Haslingden Tor Musbury Hill Helmshore Rossendale LancashireScotland Edit There are numerous tors developed in the Cairngorm granite in the Scottish Highlands The Barns of Bynack tors on Bynack More Ben Avon Beinn a Bhuird Beinn MheadhoinOther areas Edit Glastonbury Tor Stiperstones Shropshire Hills The Schil Newton Tors in NorthumberlandTor Bay one of the sandy beaches near Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales is so called because the beach is framed by a huge outcrop of Carboniferous Limestone Tors in other regions EditAfrica Edit Mkani a celebrated tor near Cheredzi Zimbabwe Kit Mikayi Kenya Castle koppies of Central Zimbabwe 3 Germany Edit Externsteine Germany Externsteine in the Teutoburg Forest North Rhine Westphalia Greifensteine in the Ore Mountains of Saxony Grosser Waldstein in the Fichtelgebirge mountains of Bavaria Heinrichshohe and Hohneklippen in the Harz mountains of central Germany Wolfenstein in BavariaIndia Edit Tors are very commonly found in the Telangana and the Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh North America Edit Part of the Angel Rocks formation in Alaska Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park near Stone Mountain Georgia Stone Mountain Georgia USA Angel Rocks and Granite Tors Chena River State Recreation Area Alaska Finger Mountain area Dalton Highway Alaska Elephant Rocks Missouri Apache Leap Formation near Superior Arizona Texas Canyon Arizona Wichita Mountains Oklahoma Pilot Mountain North Carolina High Tor Freeland Mountain a part of Pocono Mountain near Freeland Pennsylvania Vedauwoo WyomingNew Zealand Edit Schist tors in Central OtagoSpain Edit Tors of the Central Pyrinees 3 Castle koppies of Traba Massif Galicia 3 References Edit Dartmoor National Park Authority website Retrieved 12 October 2008 Archived 5 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine Ordnance Survey 1 25 000 scale Explorer map sheets OL1 Dark Peak area amp OL24 White Peak area a b c Twidale C R 1995 Bornhardts Boulders and Inselbergs Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeoloxico de Laxe 20 347 380 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of geographical tors amp oldid 1078263949, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
