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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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Gibbet Hill
Tors & Landmarks

Gibbet Hill

A hill with a grim past, marked by the remains of a gibbet where highwaymen were once displayed.

Gidleigh Tor
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Gidleigh Tor

A granite tor with a nearby ruin known as Princep’s Folly, once home to a short-lived house.

Dartmoor quiz

Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "Big Tip"?

Foggintor Quarry. The quarry closed in the early twentieth century, leaving the flooded pit, cut faces and spoil heaps seen today, including the huge waste tip known locally as Big Tip.

Worth a visit
Great Combe Tor
Tors & Landmarks

Great Combe Tor

A striking metamorphic tor on Dartmoor's western edge, with dramatic crags and views over Peter Tavy Combe.

Great Gnats Head
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Great Gnats Head

A large cairn with scattered granite on the slope, offering views to Higher Hartor Tor and Plymouth Sound.

Great Kneeset
Tors & Landmarks

Great Kneeset

A low, granite outcrop deep in the North Moor with two distinct rock formations and sweeping views of the West Okement Valley.

Great Links Tor
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Great Links Tor

A must visit tor on Dartmoor's north-western flank, standing 582 metres high with excellent views across the moor.

Great Mis Tor
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Great Mis Tor

A massive granite tor with a striking rock basin known as the Devil's Frying Pan, overlooking the River Walkham.

Great Rock
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Great Rock

Hennock

Great Rock is a striking cluster of huge, vegetation-covered outcrops hidden in the trees above the public footpath from Hennock to Beadon Bridge.