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Named tors, hills and other landmarks on Dartmoor. Browse the tors or the hills and mounds, or use the map below to see everything at once.

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Hameldown Beacon
Tors & Landmarks

Hameldown Beacon

A prominent high point on Dartmoor's eastern edge, with wide views across the moor and towards Haytor.

Hameldown Tor
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Hameldown Tor

A granite tor above Grimspound with a trig point and views over the North Moor.

Hangershell Rock
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Hangershell Rock

Bittaford

Hangershell Rock, a small tor on Harford Moor, stands out as a unique feature on what initially appears to be a long, featureless ridge.

Hangingstone Hill
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Hangingstone Hill

A high point with an observation hut and views to Exmoor and the Quantocks.

Dartmoor quiz

In what year was the first letterbox placed at Cranmere Pool?

1854. Chagford guide James Perrott placed the first letterbox here in 1854, the origin of the Dartmoor pastime of letterboxing.

Worth a visit
Hare Tor, Wapsworthy
Tors & Landmarks

Hare Tor, Wapsworthy

Peter Tavy, Tavistock

A small, ruined tor of metamorphic rock on Arthur Hill about 300 m north of the Langstone menhir, not the conical Hare Tor on the Willsworthy range.

Hare Tor, Willsworthy Range
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Hare Tor, Willsworthy Range

Peter Tavy, Tavistock

A conical granite tor of 531 m on the Willsworthy range with two peaks, an oval rock basin and some of the finest views in Devon.

Hart Tor
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Hart Tor

Walkhampton, Yelverton

Granite tor, 390 m, on Walkhampton Common between Hart Tor Brook and the River Meavy, with Bronze Age stone rows, hut circles and tin workings on its slopes.

Hart Tor
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Hart Tor

Okehampton

Small granite outcrop, 436 m, on Okehampton Common beside East Okement Farm and Observation Post 22; the second Hart Tor, once called East Okement Farm Tor.

Hartland Tor
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Hartland Tor

A charming tor with a 'feather bed' summit and a rock cavity known as 'The Devil's Punchbowl' on its east side.