Tors & Landmarks
Wallaford Down
A distinctive tor with a prominent outcrop on Dartmoor's western edge, near the River Plym.
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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Tors & Landmarks
Water Hill
A modest hill with a large cairn at its summit, offering wide views across the moor to Ryders Hill and Hameldown.
Tors & Landmarks
Watern Tor
A striking tor with eroded granite piles and a notable gap at Thirlstone on its northern spur.
Tors & Landmarks
Wedlake Tor
A low, flat outcrop of metamorphic rock above Wedlake Farm, offering views of White Tor and Roos Tor.
Tors & Landmarks
Welstor Rock
A small rocky outcrop east of Buckland Beacon with views down to the Dart valley and north to Rippon Tor.
Tors & Landmarks
West Mill Tor
A striking granite tor with a dramatic ruined appearance, visible from miles around and situated near Okehampton Camp.
Tors & Landmarks
Western Beacon
Bittaford
Western Beacon, also known locally as Cantrel Hill, is the southernmost peak within Dartmoor National Park. Standing at 334 metres, it offers expansive views of the South Hams and the English Channel.
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Western White Barrow
A Bronze Age cairn turned peat workers' hut, with a clear view to Plymouth Sound on a good day.
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Whaleback Boulder
A distinctive granite boulder on central Dartmoor, shaped like the back of a whale, rising from moorland near Postbridge.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us.”
Also on Our DartmoorCairn — A Bronze Age cairn standing on the open moorland, marking an ancient burial or territorial boundary on Dartmoor's high ground.
