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Great Links Tor rises prominently on Dartmoor's north-western side, visible from most angles - it's a great place to take some photographs. At 582 metres, it's amongst Dartmoor's highest points.
The tor is dominated by several substantial granite outcrops, with a Trig point on a block to the west - really fun to try and climb when it's blowing a hooley.
A short walk away are the remains of the Rattlebrook Peat Works and the ruins of Bleak House, remnants of moorland industry and settlement. The tor's prominence and position make it a natural landmark on walks across the north-western moor.
Trig point: Ordnance Survey trig pillar "Great Links", SX 55074 86762, 587 m, flush bracket S3451; a secondary station of the retriangulation of Great Britain, its position computed in 1946. One of the pillars in Dartmoor Trig Points.
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Medieval Village near Hound Tor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“A gloom, too, spread itself with great rapidity over the face of nature, the clouds rolling up and speedily obscuring the sun.”
Also on Our DartmoorHut circle 130m east of Leeden Tor — A hut circle 3.8 m across inside, terraced into a gentle east slope 130 m east of Leeden Tor, with a wall 1.5 m wide.
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