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Top Tor, or Dream Tor as it's known in literature, sits on the edge of the high moor with three distinct granite outcrops. The summit pile is notably broken and angular, especially from the north-west. It's a short walk from the B3387 road and offers fine views down to Widecombe and towards Haytor. The tor is linked to the poet Beatrice Chase, who lived nearby and wrote about it in her works.
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Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 56, 1900“I have known many instances of people, well acquainted with certain parts of the moor, losing their way in a mist and wandering about in it for hours in the vain endeavour to find their path.”
Also on Our DartmoorSheeps Tor rabbit warren — A rabbit warren on Sheeps Tor: at least eleven pillow mounds, three vermin traps (two forming X-shaped traps) and a walled warreners' house, in eleven areas, perhaps of early origin.
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