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Aish Tor
Aish Tor is a small tor above the northern side of the Dart Gorge in Dartmoor, Devon, England, that is accessed by Dr. Blackall's Drive from Newbridge Hill. It stands at above sea level and is topped by a small cairn. The actual 'tor' is small and flat and generally hard to pin-point. Nearby tors include: *Sharp Tor Sharp Tor is a common name given to tors (outcrops), particularly on Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. All the "Sharp Tors" are listed below with their location and height: *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (Southern Dartmoor, on Ugborough Moor) - 414m *Sh ... * Leigh Tor * Mel Tor * Luckey Tor * Bel Tor References Tors of Dartmoor {{UK-geology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dartmoor
Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers . The granite which forms the uplands dates from the Carboniferous Period of geological history. The landscape consists of moorland capped with many exposed granite hilltops known as tors, providing habitats for Dartmoor wildlife. The highest point is High Willhays, above sea level. The entire area is rich in antiquities and archaeology. Dartmoor National Park is managed by the Dartmoor National Park Authority, whose 22 members are drawn from Devon County Council, local district councils and Government. Parts of Dartmoor have been used as military firing ranges for over 200 years. The public is granted extensive land access rights on Dartmoor (including restricted access to the firing ranges) and it is a popular tourist destination. Physical geography Geology Dartmoor includes the largest area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordnance Survey
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Tor (rock Formation)
A tor, which is also known by geomorphologists as either a castle koppie or kopje, is a large, free-standing rock outcrop that rises abruptly from the surrounding smooth and gentle slopes of a rounded hill summit or ridge crest. In the South West of England, the term is commonly also used for the hills themselves – particularly the high points of Dartmoor in Devon and Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.Ehlen, J. (2004) ''Tor'' in Goudie, A., ed., pp. 1054-1056. ''Encyclopedia of Geomorphology.'' Routledge. London, England. Etymology Although English topographical names often have a Celtic etymology, the Oxford English Dictionary lists no cognates to the Old English word in either the Breton or Cornish languages (the Scottish Gaelic ''tòrr'' is thought to derive from the Old English word). It is therefore accepted that the English word ''Tor'' derives from the Old Welsh word ''tẁrr'' or ''twr'', meaning a cluster or heap. Formation Tors are landforms created by the erosion and weath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is a coastal county with cliffs and sandy beaches. Home to the largest open space in southern England, Dartmoor (), the county is predominately rural and has a relatively low population density for an English county. The county is bordered by Somerset to the north east, Dorset to the east, and Cornwall to the west. The county is split into the non-metropolitan districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon, Exeter, and the unitary authority areas of Plymouth, and Torbay. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is and its population is about 1.2 million. Devon derives its name from Dumnonia (the shift from ''m'' to ''v'' is a typical Celtic consonant shift). During the Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbridge Hill
Newbridge may refer to: Places Australia *Newbridge, New South Wales *Newbridge, Victoria *Newbridge Heights Public School England *Newbridge, Bath, electoral ward *Newbridge, Cornwall, three places in Cornwall with the same name * Newbridge, East Sussex *Newbridge, Isle of Wight * Newbridge, Lancashire *Newbridge, North Yorkshire * Newbridge, Shropshire *Newbridge, Oxfordshire *Newbridge, Wolverhampton, a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands *The Newbridge School Ireland *Avoca, County Wicklow was once known as ''Newbridge'' *Newbridge, County Galway *Newbridge, County Kildare, sometimes known by its Irish name, ''Droichead Nua'' Northern Ireland *Newbridge, County Londonderry Scotland * Newbridge, Dumfries and Galloway *Newbridge, Edinburgh, a village to the west of Edinburgh Wales *Newbridge, Caerphilly (traditionally in Monmouthshire) *Newbridge, Ceredigion *Newbridge, Wrexham *Newbridge-on-Wye, Powys *Newbridge-on-Usk, Monmouthshire Bridges *Newbridge, River Dart, br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharp Tor
Sharp Tor is a common name given to tors (outcrops), particularly on Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. All the "Sharp Tors" are listed below with their location and height: *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (Southern Dartmoor, on Ugborough Moor) - 414m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (Dartmeet, on Dartmoor) - 380m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (North West Dartmoor, Nr Lydford) - 519m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (North east Dartmoor, Nr Drewsteignton, Teign Gorge) - 222m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (East Dartmoor, Nr Chinkwell Tor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor) - 418m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (West Dartmoor, Nr Peter Tavy) - 340m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (Tavy Cleave, on Dartmoor) - 440m *Sharp Tor - Bodmin Moor (Near Minions, on Langstone Downs) - 366m *Sharp Tor - Salcombe (Nr Bolt Head, South Devon) - 123m Sharpitors may also be included in which two extra tors are added to the list: *Sharpitor - Dartmoor (South west Dartmoor, Nr Burrator Reservoir) - 402m *Sharpitor - Dartmoor (North east Dartmoor, Nr Lustleig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Tor
Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan ** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) * Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset * Leigh, Gloucestershire * Leigh, Kent * Leigh, Staffordshire * Leigh, Surrey * Leigh, Wiltshire * Leigh, Worcestershire * Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset (also known as Leigh upon Mendip) * Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire * Leigh Green, Kent * Leigh Park, Hampshire * Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire * Leigh Woods, Somerset * Abbots Leigh, Somerset * East Leigh, Devon * Little Leigh, Cheshire * Little Leighs, Essex * North Leigh, Oxfordshire Elsewhere * Leigh, County Tipperary, Ireland * Leigh, Nebraska, United States * Leigh, New South Wales, in Bellingen Shire, Australia * Leigh, New Zealand * Leigh, Texas, United States, the location of historic site Mimosa Hall * Leigh Canyon and Leigh Lake, Wyoming, United States * Leigh River (Victoria), Australia Other uses * Leigh (name), a surname and given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Tor
Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including a list of people with the name) * Mel (surname) * Manuel Zelaya, former president of Honduras, nicknamed "Mel" Places * Mel, Veneto, an ex-comune in Italy * Mel Moraine, a moraine in Antarctica * Melbourne Airport Melbourne Airport , colloquially known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia. It opened in 1970 to replace the nearby Essendon Airport. Melbourne Airport is t ... (IATA airport code) * Mels, a municipality in Switzerland *Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL), the intercommunality of Lille in France Technology and engineering * Maya Embedded Language, a scripting language used in the 3D graphics program Maya * Michigan eLibrary, an online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luckey Tor
Luckey is the surname of: People * Andy Luckey (born 1965), American television producer and author * Bud Luckey (1934–2018), American cartoonist and animator * Henry Carl Luckey (1868–1956), American politician * Hugh M. Luckey (1873–1946), American farmer and politician * Lillian Luckey (1919–2021), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player * Palmer Luckey (born 1992), American entrepreneur, founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift * Spencer Luckey (born 1970), American sculptor and architect of children's climbing structures * Susan Luckey (1938–2012), American actress * Tom Luckey (1940–2012), American architect and sculptor Fictional characters * Dennis Luckey, on the American TV series ''The Leftovers'' See also * Lucky (other) Lucky may refer to: *An adjective of luck Lucky may also refer to: Film and television * '' Lucky: No Time for Love'', a 2005 Hindi-language romance starring Salman Khan, Sneha Ullal, and Mithun C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Tor
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BEL can be an abbreviation for: * The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Belgium * ''BEL'' or bell character in the C0 control code set * Belarusian language, in the ISO 639-2 and SIL country code lists * Bharat Electronics Limited, an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence electronics company * Bellingham (Amtrak station), Washington, United States; Amtrak station code BEL * Behind Enemy Lines (other) * Val de Cães International Airport 3-letter IATA airport code in Belém, Brazil * The ICAO code for Brussels Airlines, a Belgian airline. See also * Bel (other) * Bell (other) * Belle (other) Belle may refer to: * Belle (''Beauty and the Beast'') * Belle (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Belle (surname), a list of people Brands and enterprises * Belle Air, a former airline with headquarters in Tirana, Albania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
