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Showery Tor 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:08:43 +0000

A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

Showery Tor (approx 385 m OD) marks the northern end of the Rough Tor ('Rowter') ridge. This view is looking easterly.

Showery Tor 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:08:36 +0000

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Showery Tor 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:08:54 +0000

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Rough Tor from Little Rough Tor

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:09:13 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

Little Rough Tor (approx 390 m OD) is middle tor of the Rough Tor ('Rowter') ridge. This view is looking SSW towards the main Rough Tor summit of Logan Rock (approx 400 m OD) at the southern end.

Rough Tor from Little Rough Tor cairn

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:09:24 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

Little Rough Tor (approx 390 m OD) is middle tor of the Rough Tor ('Rowter') ridge. This view from the cairn is looking SSW towards the main Rough Tor summit of Logan Rock (approx 400 m OD) at the southern end.

View NE from Rough Tor

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:09:33 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

A view NE from Rough Tor (approx 400 m OD) looking back towards the minor summits of Little Rough Tor in the middle distance and Showery Tor near the far left.

Small tor on Rough Tor

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:09:40 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

This small tor is on the southern flank of the main Rough Tor summit.

View SW from Rough Tor

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:09:49 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

Looking SW from Logan Rock (approx 400 m), the main summit of Rough Tor at the south west end of the Rough Tor ridge. An airy perch with much of south west Cornwall visible in the distance, the Atlantic Ocean to the extreme right and the English Channel to the extreme left.

Memorial on Rough Tor

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:10:01 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

The Memorial is self explanatory.

Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall at 420 m OD, is visible in the distance.

Brown Willy summit

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:10:11 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

View NW from the summit of Brown Willy, 420 m OD, the highest point in Cornwall. Rough Tor is visible at the far left.

View SE to Rough Tor

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:10:39 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

Looking back at the end of the walk towards Rough Tor. I liked the way the sunlight glistened on the rock surfaces. Figures on the skyline provide a scale.

Charlotte Dymond Memorial 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:53:14 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

The Charlotte Dymond Memorial records a gruesome murder at this locality in 1844.

Rough Tor is visible in the background.

Charlotte Dymond Memorial 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:53:56 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

The Charlotte Dymond Memorial records a gruesome murder at this locality in 1844.

Charlotte Dymond Memorial 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:54:28 +0000

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A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them.

Detail of the Charlotte Dymond Memorial.