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| The Dartmoor landscape as seen from the ancient rocks of Sheeps Tor |
tor (tôr)
n.
1. A high rock or pile of rocks on the top of a hill.
2. A rocky peak or hill.
This photo shows the view over Burrator Reservoir from Sheeps Tor, Dartmoor, Devon.
The ancient granite rocks of this Tor were formed hundreds of millions of years ago as magma slowly cooled beneath the Earth's surface. These rocks have since become uncovered by erosion, but being more resistant to erosion themselves, they are left standing like silent sentinels upon this hilltop and many others in the Dartmoor National Park. Dartmoor has the largest area of granite in Britain and is full of these tors, or "rocky peaks".
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