Tors & Landmarks
Challacombe Down
A quiet hill with a stone wall on its summit and a triple stone row on its northern face.
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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Dartmoor quiz
“I be mazed 'bout blue." ... "Butter be mazed twice a year, they say" ... "It un't going to bittle." ... "Do it vitty, now.”
Which book is this from?
Tors & Landmarks
Chat Tor
A small, rounded granite outcrop on Rattlebrook Hill, near Lydford, with good views into the moor.
Tors & Landmarks
Chinkwell Tor
A granite tor with two cairns and distinctive rock formations, situated near Bell Tor and Honeybag Tor.
Tors & Landmarks
Cists, Two Bridges
Two Bridges
Cists are ancient stone tombs found on Dartmoor, dating back to the Late Neolithic and early Bronze Age. These box-like structures, often located in the centre of cairn circles, were created by the people who lived in hut circles.
Tors & Landmarks
Cists, Two Bridges
Two Bridges
Cists, ancient stone burial tombs from around 2500 to 1500 BC, can be found near Two Bridges on Dartmoor.
Tors & Landmarks
Clay Tor
Peter Tavy, Tavistock
A disputed tor on the steep side of the Walkham valley: writers place the name on two different sites nearly a kilometre apart, and Crossing said there is no tor there.
Tors & Landmarks
Cocks Hill
A flat, boggy hill near Langstone Moor with few paths and views across the moor.
Tors & Landmarks
Combeshead Tor
A granite tor with a distinctive shape, located near Down Tor and offering views across Burrator Reservoir.
Tors & Landmarks
Combestone Tor
A granite tor with striking rock basins and a nearby car park, sitting on the south moor between Dartmeet and Holne.
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Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Tincombe Lane is all uphill / Or downhill, as you take it; / You tumble up, and crack your crown, / Or tumble down and break it.”
Also on Our DartmoorWhispers of Devon: Legends, Tales, and Storytellers — A collection of Devon legends and the writers and storytellers they inspired, including Jay's Grave, the Blue Lady and Childe the Hunter, with smuggler and shipwrecker tales.
