Sharpitor, Walkhampton

• Parish: Walkhampton
• Height: 415 m
• Grid reference: SX 5595 7034
• Rock: Granite
• Also called: Sharp Tor, Sharp-a-Tor, Sharper Tor, Sharpetorre

Sharpitor is a granite tor of 415 m in Walkhampton parish, near Burrator. It has been little written about, but the great spread of broken granite on its north and east slopes is one of the finest on Dartmoor, and it is popular with families. The nearest car park is on the B3212, a gentle walk of five to ten minutes up from the north. Unlike the other tors called Sharp, Eric Hemery noted that it has no cone or steep face; its crest looks like the edge of a saw. The summit outcrops are a group of square, split piles, with a saddle to the south studded with small stacks, and a second large group on the south-east side has spilled downhill like quarry spoil.

In February 1984 the Dartmoor Preservation Association bought about 30 acres around the rocks to protect them from development, after the wartime installations of RAF Sharpitor on nearby Peek Hill were abandoned. It marked the land with five boundary stones carrying its initials. Little Sharpitor (listing for it) is a small separate outcrop just below to the north-east.

The slopes carry a Bronze Age hut circle settlement, cairns and stone alignments; they are described in their own listings. Dartmoor has two tors spelled Sharpitor, this one and one at Lustleigh, and seven called Sharp Tor. This is the one by Burrator.

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