Rough Tor View Bodmin Moor Cornwall
by Richard Brookes
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Rough Tor View Bodmin Moor Cornwall
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Richard Brookes
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Photograph
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Distant views and wonderful clouds looking north from Rough Tor towards Crowdy Reservoir on the remote upland granite wilderness of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England UK.
Rough is pronounced 'row' to rhyme with 'cow' locally. The tor summit is 1313 ft (400m) above mean sea level, making it the second highest point in Cornwall, part of St Breward parish near Camelford, SW England UK.
The harsh weather conditions over millennia has eroded the joints and surfaces of the tough granite bedrock leaving unusual rock formations often precariously balanced at the hill summits. On occasion these tors or rocks resemble fantastical beasts or objects and have been named accordingly.
As can be seen with the developing clouds the high moorland area influences local weather conditions. There is considerable evidence of human habitation with a neolithic enclosure around the summit, Bronze Age hut circles, stone circles and field systems nearby.
Rough Tor was also mentioned in Daphne Du Maurier's famous novel Jamaica Inn. Taken on a beautiful winter's day in February.
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October 16th, 2021
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Jenny Revitz Soper
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