List of geographical tors
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. (July 2015) |
The following list enumerate and expand on notable tors.
Tors in Great Britain[]
Dartmoor[]
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.
Cornwall[]
- Alex Tor, Bodmin Moor
- Hawk's Tor, Bodmin Moor. There are two on the moor:
- Helman Tor, mid–Cornwall
- Rough Tor, Bodmin Moor
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- Showery Tor, Bodmin Moor
- Cheesewring, Bodmin Moor
- Brown Willy, Bodmin Moor
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- Garrow Tor, Bodmin Moor
- Kilmar Tor, Bodmin Moor
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- Carn Brea, Redruth
- Sharp Tor, Bodmin Moor
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- Jubilee Rock, Bodmin Moor
Hills:
- Kit Hill, Callington
- Hensbarrow Beacon, St Austell Downs
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- Carn Brea, Penwith
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- Caradon Hill, Bodmin Moor
- Watch Croft, Penwith
- Hensbarrow Beacon, St Austell Downs
- Carnmenellis, between Redruth, Helston and Penryn
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Peak District[]
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 (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[]
- Almscliffe Crag west of Harrogate
- Cow and Calf, Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire. Made from Millstone Grit.
- Haslingden Tor. (Musbury Hill) Helmshore Rossendale, Lancashire
Scotland[]
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 Mheadhoin
Other areas[]
- Glastonbury Tor
- Stiperstones, Shropshire Hills
- , Newton Tors in Northumberland
Tor 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[]
Africa[]
- Kit-Mikayi, Kenya
- Castle koppies of Central Zimbabwe.[3]
Germany[]
- Externsteine in the Teutoburg Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Greifensteine in the Ore Mountains of Saxony
- Großer Waldstein in the Fichtelgebirge mountains of Bavaria
- Heinrichshöhe and Hohneklippen in the Harz mountains of central Germany
- Wolfenstein in Bavaria
India[]
Tors are very commonly found in the Telangana and the Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh
North America[]
- 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, Wyoming
New Zealand[]
- Schist tors in Central Otago
Spain[]
- Tors of the Central Pyrinees.[3]
- Castle koppies of , Galicia.[3]
References[]
- ^ 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 & OL24 White Peak area
- ^ a b c Twidale, C.R. (1995). "Bornhardts, Boulders and Inselbergs". Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe. 20: 347–380.
- Rock formations of England
- Geography-related lists
- Weathering landforms