A little to the south-east of this summit lies a curious constellation of rock tors, three individual outcrops of fine-grained granite. |
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Dartmoor has a majesty all of its own, especially when the mist rolls over the tors. |
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Occasionally, highly visible rocks seem to have been singled out for special attention, as with some of the natural tors on Bodmin Moor. |
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This involves picking your way through the rocks, which are part of one of the tors on Ben Rinnes. |
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It is an easy climb from there up on to Beinn Mheadhoin's long, broad ridge where a line of tors, the sabhalan or the barns, leads you to the summit tor. |
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Teams must arrive back at Anthony Stile by 1700 on the Sunday, having visited all ten tors on their route in order, to qualify for a medal. |
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The tors used as checkpoints on the Ten Tors challenge in 2013 were as follows, but this is being changed for the 2014 event. |
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The sea cliffs and inland tors that are now a feature of the county were those that were resistant to weathering that has taken place since. |
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The summit area bears three rocky tors, the middle one of which is the highest. |
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Where joints happen to be unusually widely spaced, core blocks can survive and escape above the weathering surface, developing into tors. |
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Dating of 28 tors on Dartmoor showed that most are surprisingly young, less than 100,000 years old, with none over 200,000 years old. |
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Those trying for a Bronze medal must camp at one of the manned tors on their route, while Silver and Gold teams may camp anywhere on the moor. |
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The moorland is capped with many exposed granite hilltops known as tors, providing habitats for Dartmoor wildlife. |
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Flagpoles on many tors in and around the ranges fly red flags when firing is taking place. |
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In August 1881, a public meeting was convened by the Portreeve of Tavistock in the Guildhall to discuss the continued taking of stone, particularly from landmark tors. |
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Contestants face off in the kitchens of Gilgamesh, in the hope of impressing preson tors and judges John Trode and Gregg Wallace and win a place in Thursday's quarter final. |
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These joints are most clearly seen on exposed pieces of rock such as the Tors of Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. |
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Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike in early May, on Dartmoor, southwest England. |
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The first Ten Tors Expedition took place in September 1960, with around 200 young people taking part. |
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Ten Tors was cancelled in 2001 due to the foot and mouth epidemic, but went ahead the next year. |
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The Ten Tors event is run by the Army each year in early May from Okehampton Camp. |
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The Director Ten Tors, Brigadier Piers Hankinson, met the team at the finish and presented Kingsbridge with their gold medals. |
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This was the 55th anniversary of Ten Tors, and to celebrate this, two teams of veterans were given special permission to take part. |
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The 2013 event went down in Ten Tors history as one of the most miserable. |
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The popular television show Flipper, created by Ivan Tors, portrayed a bottlenose dolphin in a friendly relationship with two boys, Sandy and Bud. |
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Notable other finishers were the 'Denbury Boys' who, made up of men who completed the first ever Ten Tors, successfully completed the 35 mile event. |
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Most of them had completed Ten Tors as teenagers in the 1970s whilst at school in Exeter, but none had had the opportunity to do the 55 mile route. |
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