# Tor enclosure

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A **tor enclosure** is a type of prehistoric monument found in the southwestern part of [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain). These monuments emerged around 4000 BCE in the early [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic).

Tor enclosures are large enclosures situated near natural rock outcrops, especially [tors](/source/Tor_(rock)), 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 enclosures](/source/Causewayed_enclosure) found elsewhere in the [British Isles](/source/British_Isles) and many are of similar [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) date although others are from later in prehistory.

## Examples

The best known examples are [Carn Brea](/source/Carn_Brea,_Redruth) in [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), the first to be identified, following [excavations](/source/Archaeological_excavation) in the early 1970s, and [Helman Tor](/source/Helman_Tor) between [Bodmin](/source/Bodmin) and [Lostwithiel](/source/Lostwithiel) also in Cornwall.[1][2]

Other possible examples are:

- [Rough Tor](/source/Rough_Tor) on [Bodmin Moor](/source/Bodmin_Moor), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall)
- [Stowe's Hill](/source/Stowe's_Hill), also on Bodmin Moor
- [Whittor](/source/Whittor) on [Dartmoor](/source/Dartmoor).

## See also

- [Tor cairn](/source/Tor_cairn)

## References

1. ["Helman Tor"](http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/a2m/neolithic/tor_enclosure/helman%20tor/helman_tor.htm). *historic-cornwall.org.uk*. Retrieved 1 Sep 2013.

1. ["Ceremony and ritual: A Sense of place"](http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/flyingpast/images/PDF_downloads/ceremony%20and%20ritual/A%20Sense%20of%20Place.pdf). *historic-cornwall.org.uk*. Retrieved 1 Sep 2013.

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