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Brown Willy on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:50:58 +0000

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK Group.

Brown Willy is a somewhat degraded granite tor on Bodmin Moor and at 420 m elevation, is the highest point in Cornwall. The viewpoint is from Little Rough Tor, about 1200 m away to the north west.

Showery Tor 2

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

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 E from Brown Willy

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:10:20 +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 east from the summit of Brown Willy, 420 m OD, the highest point in Cornwall. I liked the smooth interlocking ridges of the lower moorland in the middle distance. The high ground on the horizon is Dartmoor.

View S by W from Brown Willy

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:10:29 +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 south by west from the summit of Brown Willy, 420 m OD, the highest point in Cornwall. The patches of water in the far centre are parts of Colliford Water reservoir.

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.

The Buck Stone, Staunton, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:09:34 +0000

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The Buck Stone is a remnant edge tor comprised of the Quartz Conglomerate - the basal part of the upper Old Red Sandstone (Devonian).

These cross-bedded sediments were deposited in alluvial fan or flash flood deposits, mostly in high-energy rivers draining an arid, mountainous continental area. There are many quartz pebbles, hence the name, but also rock fragments and more exotic pebbles such as jasper, all set in a medium - coarse sand matrix.

Although in located in Gloucestershire, England, the Welsh border is very close by, at the bottom of the slope.

The Buck Stone, Staunton, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:03:43 +0000

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The Buck Stone is a remnant edge tor comprised of the Quartz Conglomerate - the basal part of the upper Old Red Sandstone (Devonian).

This is the more usual view of the Buck Stone. A more detailed view of the rock surfaces is here:
www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024128

Although in located in Gloucestershire, England, the Welsh border is very close by, at the bottom of the slope. The fields in the middle distance and the far landscape are entirely in Wales.

Watchers on Froggatt

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:27:59 +0000

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Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.

Amphibian rock tors on Froggatt Edge, overlooking the Derwent valley.
I'm sure there is a local name for these, so if anyone knows it, please post it below!

The South Face of Mother Cap

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:02:46 +0000

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An image from a photostudy of the Mother Cap Stone, a natural rock tor of cross-bedded Chatsworth Grit (Namurian) high on the South Yorkshire Eastern Edges in the Peak District National Park.

This was a rather cloudy and gloomy autumn day, but the late afternoon sun provided some low-angle brightness which emphasised the textures of the outcrop.

Mother Cap sunset 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:22:50 +0000

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An image from a photostudy of the Mother Cap Stone, an extraordinarily photogenic natural rock tor of cross-bedded Chatsworth Grit (Namurian) high on the South Yorkshire Eastern Edges in the Peak District National Park.

In this photo I tried to capture another aspect of its profile, this time silhouetted against the dark clouds and golden light of the setting sun.