Recreation and activities on and around the moor
Small but impressive granite stack at 525m with a flat top and fine western overhang, commanding views down the entire winding Cowsic Valley.
Deceptive summit tor at 432m with better granite outcrops on the slopes, Bronze Age cairns nearby, and a memorial cross at its foot.
Western Dartmoor's scattered non-granite tor with a trig pillar, sharp protruding rocks, and commanding views across to Cornwall and Plymouth Sound.
A weathered granite outcrop on the western edge of a boggy upland bowl, with views down to Burrator and the curve of Devonport Leat below.
A granite tor rising from Cripdon Down on central Dartmoor, with a handful of recorded visitors.
A single granite stack overlooking the West Dart valley near Wistman's Wood, its massive clitter scattered below marking what was once a far larger tor.
A modest granite bump on the moor, overshadowed entirely by the Beardown Man standing stone that rises beside it like a guardian.
A modest granite outcrop on the open moor, Devils Tor sits in the northern reaches of Dartmoor with quiet views across rolling moorland.
Remote 550m tor on the Okehampton Range with striking horizontal granite jointing, reached via a military track from the north.
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