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Tors & Landmarks

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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Laughter Tor
Tors & Landmarks

Laughter Tor

A modest tor with a menhir, stone row and hut circles near the summit, offering wide views south towards Princetown.

Leather Tor
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Leather Tor

A dramatic granite ridge overlooking Burrator Reservoir, with steep drops and a distinctive dragon's-back shape.

Leeden Tor
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Leeden Tor

A large granite tor with distinctive stacked rock formations, offering views towards Sharpitor and Leather Tor.

Legis Tor
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Legis Tor

A ruined granite tor above the River Plym with pink rocks and nearby rabbit warren mounds.

Dartmoor quiz
“Do you tweat? I tweat. I don't like it and I reckon us won't do any more work." ... "Be you like the piskies yet?”

Who wrote this?

Beatrice Chase. From Through a Dartmoor Window (1915).

Worth a visit
Leigh Tor
Tors & Landmarks

Leigh Tor

A non-granite tor with a dramatic cliff face, located near Aish Tor and Spitchwick Manor.

Leighon Tor
Tors & Landmarks

Leighon Tor

A granite outcrop near Hound Tor Combe, often confused with nearby rocks like Hole Rock.

Lints Tor
Tors & Landmarks

Lints Tor

A striking granite tor with a distinctive 'Sphinx' rock formation, set in the West Okement valley.

Littaford Tor
Tors & Landmarks

Littaford Tor

A modest tor on a ridge between Crockern Tor and Longaford Tor, with part of Wistman’s Wood below it.

Little Bee Tor
Tors & Landmarks

Little Bee Tor

A small, distinct tor with rock basins and views of Beardown Tor and the West Dart valley.

Mount Misery CrossMount Misery Cross. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“March, he sits on his perch; April, he tunes his bill; May, he sings all day; June, he alters his tune, and July, away he do fly." So say the people.”

Also on Our DartmoorBelstone Tor — A striking tor above Belstone village, featuring dramatic rock formations and a commanding view northward.