Tor cairn, the Glossary
A tor cairn is a prehistoric cult site occurring in the British Isles, especially in Cornwall and Devon but also in Wales.[1]
Table of Contents
15 relations: Alex Tor, British Isles, British megalith architecture, Bronze, Bronze Age, Cairn, Cornwall, Devon, Flint, Peter Tavy, Rough Tor, Tor (rock formation), Tor enclosure, Wales, Yes Tor.
- 2nd millennium BC
- Cairns (stone mounds)
- Megalithic monuments in Wales
Alex Tor
Alex Tor is a conical hill, high, located in the west of Bodmin Moor in the county of Cornwall, England.
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
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British megalith architecture
British megalith architecture is the study of those ancient cultures that built megalithic sites on the British Isles, including the research and documentation of these sites.
See Tor cairn and British megalith architecture
Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC. Tor cairn and Bronze Age are 2nd millennium BC.
Cairn
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. Tor cairn and cairn are cairns (stone mounds).
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Devon
Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.
Peter Tavy
Peter Tavy is a village along the A386, North-East of Tavistock, Devon, England; it is named after the River Tavy.
Rough Tor
Rough Tor, or Roughtor, is a tor on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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.
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Tor enclosure
A tor enclosure is a prehistoric monument found in the southwestern part of Great Britain.
See Tor cairn and Tor enclosure
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Yes Tor
Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at above sea level.
See also
2nd millennium BC
- 11th century BC
- 12th century BC
- 13th century BC
- 14th century BC
- 15th century BC
- 16th century BC
- 17th century BC
- 18th century BC
- 19th century BC
- 20th century BC
- 2nd millennium BC
- 2nd millennium BC in music
- Ahlamu
- Archaic period (North America)
- Bronze Age
- Chorrera culture
- Codrus
- Cornish Bronze Age
- Formative stage
- Indo-European migrations
- Isin-Larsa period
- Jōmon period
- Kizzuwatna
- Metal Ages
- Middle Babylonian period
- Middle Bronze Age migrations (ancient Near East)
- Mycenaean Greece
- Phoenicia
- Poverty Point
- Poverty Point culture
- Suteans
- Tor cairn
- Yamhad dynasty
- ʿApiru
Cairns (stone mounds)
- Amphitheater and Fieldstone WPA Features at Valley City Pioneer Park
- Balmoral cairns
- Barnenez
- Bedd Taliesin
- Brown Willy
- Bryn Cader Faner
- Cairn
- Chambered cairn
- Chambered cairns
- Crawley Edge Cairns
- Drung Hill
- Foel Chwern
- McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
- Parc Cwm long cairn
- Porth Hellick Down
- Poulawack Cairn
- Spir Mountain Cairns
- Tor cairn
- Velinga Parish, Sweden
Megalithic monuments in Wales
- Bedd Arthur
- Bryn Cader Faner
- Bryn Gwyn stones
- Castell Bryn Gwyn
- Cefn Bryn
- King's Quoit
- Llech Ronw
- Maen Llia
- Maen Madoc
- Parc Cwm long cairn
- Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones
- Tor cairn