Recreation and activities on and around the moor
A modest rockpile on the north-western edge, overlooking Cornwall, with poised boulders and three widely-spread granite outcrops across its slopes.
A large granite tor at 366m with remarkable clitter slopes and commanding views across Burrator Reservoir, set above Walkhampton.
A modest granite tor on the central moor with open views across the high plateaux and rolling moorland.
A weathered granite tor at 439m with a trig pillar, standing isolated east of Hameldown with striking views back to the main Dartmoor peaks.
Large granite tor with scattered outcrops across the hilltop, dominating the upper East Okement valley on the northern moor.
A low, scattered granite outcrop easily missed from below, sitting above Ditsworthy Warren House with Bronze Age settlement remains.
Small granite tor on Whitchurch Common near Windy Post Cross, deceptively modest from the north but a thick-layered wall of stone from the south.
A genuinely flat granite outcrop on remote high moorland, hard to justify the effort but offering genuine solitude and a crash site from 1965.
Small granite tor on the edge of Foxtor Mires with views across the bog to Whiteworks and the northern moors.
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