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Rough Tor

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Rough Tor is a granite tor on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, rising to 400 meters and ranking as the second-highest point in the county. It is formed of granite and comprises the summit tor and a logan stone, alongside older archaeological features on the same site including a Neolithic tor enclosure and numerous Bronze Age hut circles. Rough Tor lies about one mile northwest of Brown Willy, Cornwall's highest point, and together with Showery Tor and Little Rough Tor it forms a prominent granite ridge on the moor.

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Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
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Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Rough Tor

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Rough Tor
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Source Wikidata: Rough Tor
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: Protected area record for Rough Tor
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA record, field desig_eng
Quote, WDPA record, field desig_eng
"desig_eng": "Nature Reserve"
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Wikidata: Rough Tor
Wikidata Q334531, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Protected Planet (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN): Rough Tor
Protected Planet (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN)Protected area profile
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Protected Area Profile for Rough Tor from the World Database on Protected Areas
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