Editing Tor enclosure

{{Short description|Type of prehistoric monument found in southwestern Great Britain}}
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[[File:Helman Tor.JPG|thumb|[[Helman Tor]] in Cornwall]]
A '''tor enclosure''' is a type of prehistoric monument found in the southwestern part of [[Great Britain]]. These monuments emerged around 4000&nbsp;BCE in the early [[Neolithic]].

Tor enclosures are large enclosures situated near natural rock outcrops, especially [[tor (rock)|tor]]s, on hilltops or the sides of hills. They consist of one or more roughly circular stone walls built around the tor. They are comparable to the [[causewayed enclosure]]s found elsewhere in the [[British Isles]] and many are of similar [[Neolithic]] date although others are from later in prehistory.

== Examples ==
The best known examples are [[Carn Brea, Redruth|Carn Brea]] in [[Cornwall]], the first to be identified, following [[archaeological excavation|excavation]]s in the early 1970s, and [[Helman Tor]] between [[Bodmin]] and [[Lostwithiel]] also in Cornwall.<ref name=Hist-Cornw-Helman-tor/><ref name=Hist-Cornw-Sense-place/>

Other possible examples are:
* [[Rough Tor]] on [[Bodmin Moor]], [[Cornwall]]
* [[Stowe's Hill]], also on Bodmin Moor
* [[Whittor]] on [[Dartmoor]].

== See also ==
* [[Tor cairn]]

== References ==
{{reflist|25em|refs=

<ref name=Hist-Cornw-Helman-tor>
{{cite web
 |title=Helman Tor
 |website=historic-cornwall.org.uk
 |url=http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/a2m/neolithic/tor_enclosure/helman%20tor/helman_tor.htm
 |access-date=1 Sep 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name=Hist-Cornw-Sense-place>
{{cite report
 |title=Ceremony and ritual: A Sense of place
 |website=historic-cornwall.org.uk
 |url=http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/flyingpast/images/PDF_downloads/ceremony%20and%20ritual/A%20Sense%20of%20Place.pdf
 |access-date=1 Sep 2013
}}</ref>

}} <!-- end of "refs=" -->

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[[Category:Types of monuments and memorials]]
[[Category:Stone Age Britain]]


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