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Recreation and activities on and around the moor

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Down Ridge
Tors & Landmarks

Down Ridge

A flat-topped hill at 429m where boggy ground announces the summit, with views across to Princetown and the Monks Path below.

Eagle Rock
Tors & Landmarks

Eagle Rock

A granite outcrop sitting within the Bench Tor ridge system, between the principal North and South Tor piles.

Eastern White Barrow
Tors & Landmarks

Eastern White Barrow

A 474m hill on southern Dartmoor crowned with a large Bronze Age cairn, oddly resembling a submarine from most angles.

Emsworthy Rocks
Tors & Landmarks

Emsworthy Rocks

A massive east-west ridge of granite outcrops stretching 400 metres, only added to OS Maps in 2022 after years of omission.

Eylesbarrow
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Eylesbarrow

A tin mine hill topped with Bronze Age cairns and a 1240 forest boundary marker, with views to Plymouth Sound.

Halstock Hill
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Halstock Hill

A 414-metre hill on Dartmoor that sits outside the main OS mapping, with a modest visitor record among local explorers.

Grippers Hill
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Grippers Hill

A 398m grassy plateau on southern Dartmoor with cairns marking the summit but no real tor, reached easily from Shipley Bridge past Avon Dam.

Green Hill
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Green Hill

Flat-topped tor in southern Dartmoor's isolated heart, marked by the cairn at the end of the world's longest stone row.

Hameldown Beacon
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Hameldown Beacon

High eastern Dartmoor beacon on the Two Moors Way with commanding views across Devon and back towards Princetown.