| 词条 | Showery Tor |
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| name =Showery Tor | native_name = | image = Showery Tor - geograph.org.uk - 1006094.jpg | caption = Showery Tor Cairn and natural outcrop | locmapin = United Kingdom Cornwall (mainland)#UK England | map_caption =Location of Showery Tor within Cornwall | coordinates = {{coord|50.601389|-4.615833|display=inline,title}} | location = near Camelford, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall | area = | built = | architect = | architecture =British pre-Roman Architecture | governing_body = | designation1 = | designation1_offname = | designation1_date = | designation1_number = }}Showery Tor is a rocky outcrop on a ridge-top approximately {{convert|0.6|km|mi}} north of the Rough Tor summit, near Camelford on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. It is notable for its rock formations and prehistoric monuments.[1][2] The Tor is a prominent landmark for a wide area. It consists of a natural outcrop enveloped by a giant man-made ring cairn and was thought to have been a religious focal point.[3] Craig Weatherhill in "Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly" calls it "A natural formation of weathered granite, {{convert|5|m|ft}} high ...is surrounded by a massive ring cairn of piled stone {{convert|30|m|ft}} in diameter and up to {{convert|1.2|m|ft}} high. The natural formation was evidently intended as a focal point. No excavations have been recorded at this site, so it is not known how many, if any, burials were associated with this presumably Neolithic or Bronze Age site"[4] Christopher Tilley has estimated the height of the cairn on which the outcrop stands to be {{convert|3|m|ft}}.[5] The granite outcrop is reminiscent of the Cheesewring and made of individual blocks on underlying outcrops formed by erosion along horizontal fractures in the granitic mass. Aerial photography has revealed more about the layout of the structures on Showery Tor and it stands out as the only natural formation to have been used in this way by the cairn designers.[6] Pictures{{Gallery|title=Showery Tor |width=150 |height=150 |lines=3 |File:Ring Cairn at Showery Tor - geograph.org.uk - 116957.jpg|Showery Tor Ring Cairn |File:Showery Tor - geograph.org.uk - 29811.jpg|Cairn from a distance |File:Showery Tor - geograph.org.uk - 924068.jpg|View towards Rough Tor from Showery Tor Cairn |File:Showery Tor - geograph.org.uk - 924070.jpg|Another view from Showery Tor |File:Granite boulders, on Showery Tor - geograph.org.uk - 1006102.jpg|Granite boulders on Showery Tor |File:Looking towards Little Rough Tor and Showery Tor from Rough Tor - geograph.org.uk - 924183.jpg|View towards Showery Tor and Little Rough Tor from Rough Tor |}} References1. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activityandadventure/walkingholidays/3196853/Bodmin-Moor-Cornwall-Walk-of-the-month.html Somerville, Christopher., The Telegraph, Article, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall: Walk of the month 14 October 2008] 2. ^{{cite book|author1=Robert Andrews|author2=Matthew Teller|title=The Rough Guide to Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOt1Hb8MOQUC&pg=PA424|accessdate=30 March 2011|date=August 2004|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-301-6|pages=424–}} 3. ^{{cite book|author=Rodney Castleden|title=Neolithic Britain: new stone age sites of England, Scotland, and Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA47|accessdate=30 March 2011|year=1992|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-05845-2|pages=47–}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Craig Weatherhill|title=Cornovia: ancient sites of Cornwall & Scilly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjH1AQAACAAJ|accessdate=30 March 2011|date=June 1997|publisher=Cornwall Books|isbn=978-1-871060-31-7}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Christopher Tilley|title=Interpreting Landscapes: geologies, topographies, identities; explorations in landscape phenomenology; 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uk-1r0dtefgC&pg=PA407|accessdate=30 March 2011|date=15 July 2010|publisher=Left Coast Press|isbn=978-1-59874-374-6|pages=407 ff.}} 6. ^{{cite book|author=Timothy Darvill|title=Prehistoric Britain from the air: a study of space, time and society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPC_Bd7reVcC&pg=PA169|accessdate=30 March 2011|year=1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-55132-8|pages=169–}} External links{{Commons category|Showery Tor}}
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