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Sharp Tor, Castle Drogo

Drewsteignton, Devon

Grid ref: SX 7287 8988

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  • Parish: Drewsteignton
  • Height: 220 m
  • Grid reference: SX 7286 8986
  • Rock: Shale (metamorphic), not granite
  • Also called: Sharpy Tor

This Sharp Tor is formed of two prominent crags set high on the steep hillside north of the River Teign, overlooking the gorge. Unusually the rock looks like shale rather than granite. It is reached along the Hunter's Path, which passes within a few metres of the top. Old tithe maps for Drewsteignton parish record the tor as Sharpy Tor.

It lies about 700 m east of Hunter's Tor (listing 3842), another outcrop on the same hillside, and the views from Hunter's Tor look east along the gorge towards this one. Castle Drogo (listing 340) stands on the ridge above.

Dartmoor has seven tors called Sharp Tor and two spelled Sharpitor. This is the lowest of the seven, at 220 m, and one of the few that is not granite; the Sharp Tor at Peter Tavy is also metamorphic rock.

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