What is Bodmin Moor?
[[File:RoughTor.jpg|thumb|Rough Tor]] '''Bodmin Moor''' is a [[granite]] [[moorland]] in northeastern [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom. It is {{convert|208|km2|sqmi}} in size, and originally dates from the Carboniferous period of geological history. Bodmin Moor is one of five [[granite]] plutons (underground masses of igneous rock) in Cornwall.<ref>[http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/571 Genesis of the Cornubian Batholith (South-West England): the example of the Carnmenellis Pluton &#124; Journal of Petrology &#124; Oxford Academic] Charoy, B. (1986) ''Genesis of the Cornubian Batholith (South West England): the example of the Carnmenellis Pluton'' in: ''Journal of Petrology''; 1986 Oxford: OUP</ref> The name 'Bodmin Moor' is fairly recent, invented in 1813. It was formerly known as '''Fowey Moor''' after the [[River Fowey]] which rises within it.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of the English Parish: the culture of religion from Augustine to Victoria |url=https://archive.org/details/historyenglishpa00poun | first= Norman John Greville |last= Pounds| publisher= Cambridge University Press | year= 2000 | isbn= 978-0-521-63351-2 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/historyenglishpa00poun/page/593 593]}}; p. 72</ref> Since the mid 18th century Bodmin Moor has been crossed by the trunk road now known as the A30. ==Geography== Dramatic granite tors rise from the rolling moorland: the best known are Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall at {{convert|417|m|ft|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON|title=Genuki: Cornwall, Cornwall|last=GENUKI|website=www.genuki.org.uk}}</ref> and Rough Tor at {{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Considerable areas of the moor are poorly drained and form marshes (in hot summers these can dry out). The rest of the moor is mostly rough pasture or overgrown with heather and other low vegetation. The Moor contains about 500 farm holdings with around 10,000 beef cows, 55,000 breeding ewes and 1,000 horses and ponies.<ref>{{cite web|url=htt