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Leighon Tor sits on the eastern side of Hound Tor Combe, near Smallacombe Rocks and Black Hill. It's a modest granite outcrop on a steep slope, offering views along the valley. The tor was once confused with other nearby features, but its location is now clearer. It's best reached by walking from Smallacombe Rocks or descending from Black Hill itself.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Us could tie up the knees so's the presents wouldn't drop out, couldn't us, Muther?”
Also on Our DartmoorEdward Atkyns Bray — Vicar of Tavistock and curate of Brent Tor from 1812 to 1857, husband of Anna Eliza Bray. His Dartmoor journals appear in her 1836 Tamar and Tavy book.
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