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Higher White Tor

Grid ref: SX 6195 7858

Main image: Photo: Roger Cornfoot, Wikimedia Commons

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Its outcrops are spread out, bisected by the Longaford Newtake, with the largest rocks to the south.

  • Grid reference: SX 6195 7858 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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