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Sampford Tor

Grid ref: SX 5317 7310

On walking routes: Abbot's Way

Main image: Photo: Guy Wareham, Wikimedia Commons

Sampford Tor sits just below Pew Tor, often overlooked but with a distinctive ruined outcrop and evidence of past quarrying. The hillside shows feather and tare marks from granite extraction, and a small quarry on the west side is covered in rhododendron.

  • Grid reference: SX 5317 7310 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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Bellever Tor. A fine cluster of granite rocks with a trig point and a plaque dedicated to the Creber family.

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