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Moor Tors
(A
List of Tors, or Tors are
Us!)
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After
deliberations and discussions, a list of the Tors of Bodmin Moor has been drawn
up. To be on the list, a prospective "tor" had to meet either one of
the following two definitive criteria:
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To
be a Tor (by name), it must be called a "Tor", or
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To
be a Tor (by nature), it must be an identifiable "tor", as in a
"hill with rocks on", or more strictly:
"a hill with granite bedrock, that forms a naturally
exposed and weathered rock outcrop, on or near
the summit, surrounded by loose granite 'clitter'
or moorstones".
For
a detailed desciption of the formation of a tor, see the Cheesewring
page.
A typical Tor ~ the summit of Stowe's Hill;
which is curiously called a 'hill' not a 'tor'
Accordingly,
it has been determined that there are 35 Tors on Bodmin Moor:
Southern
& Eastern part of the moor:
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Fox Tor,
(323m)
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Smallacombe Tor
(330m)
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Carey Tor
(270m)
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Carneglos Tor
(320m)
-
Hill Tor
(324m)
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Tregarrick Tor
(310m)
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Newel Tor
(346m)
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Trewortha Tor
(318m)
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Hawk’s Tor
- the eastern one (329m)
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Kilmar Tor
(396m)
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Bearah Tor
(367m)
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Notter Tor
(270m)
-
Sharp Tor
(378m)
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Stowe’s Hill, including
The Cheesewring, (360m) ~ "Tor by nature"
Northern
part of the moor:
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Rough Tor,
including Little Rough (400m)
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Maiden Tor
(342m)
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Alex Tor
(291m)
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Showery Tor
(385m)
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Garrow Tor
(330m)
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Butter’s Tor
(316m)
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Catshole Tor
(346m)
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Carkees Tor
(281m)
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Codda Tor
(318m)
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Trewint Tor
(304m)
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Tolborough Tor
(348m)
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Trekennick
Tor (228m)
-
Brown Willy
(420m) ~ "Tor by nature"
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Louden Hill
(315m) ~ "Tor by nature"
Western
part of the moor:
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Temple Tor (276m)
-
Carbarrow
Tor (270m)
-
St.Bellarmin’s Tor
(268m)
-
Colvannick Tor
(260m)
-
Cabilla Tor
(200m)
-
Carbilly Tor, including
the "other" Cheesewring! (260m)
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Hawk’s Tor - the western one (307m).
However,
there are also four other hills that are very "possible maybe"
Tors:
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Blacktor Downs
(268m) ~ was it ever Black Tor?
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The Beacon
(369m) ~ the Elephant Rock feature?
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Bray Down
(346m) ~ has some natural features?
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Leskernick Hill…
lots of rock “clitter”, but is it enough? (329m)
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and the jury is still out...
For
an excellent walking guide to tors on Bodmin Moor, or anywhere else in the
area, then look no further than WalkaboutWest,
run by Mark Camp, local book author and Blue Badge Guide. Marks also
contributed greatly to the drawing up this list of tors, and negating all
those that aren't, but tried to be!
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Stowe's Hill (Tor!)...
...and accompanying Torbaggers!
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