Tors & Landmarks
Quickbeam Hill
A fairly flat hill with settling tanks and remnants of the Zeal tramway nearby.
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Riddon Ridge
A distinctive ridge with a commanding presence, offering views across the surrounding moorland.
Dartmoor quiz
In what year was the first letterbox placed at Cranmere Pool?
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Roundhill
A small habitation on Dartmoor, noted in historical records and gazetteers.
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Royal Hill
A hill with Bronze Age tombs and views to Longaford Tor, marked by the Crock of Gold cist.
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Rugglestone Rock
A granite rock with a loggable stone, located near Venton and Widecombe in the Moor.
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Ryder's Hill
Ryder's Hill features two standing stones, a cairn, and a triangulation pillar on its summit.
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Scorriton Down
A modest granite peak on the eastern moor with open views across Dartmoor's rolling plateau.
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Shell Top
A small yet distinctive granite outcrop on the western end of Broadall Gulf, with Penn Beacon to the south.
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Shovel Down
A moorland area with ancient stone rows, the Fourfold Circle and the Long Stone.
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Plate from Dartmoor Illustrated, page 60, 1900“throughout the winter it is quite a different thing ; in the darkness, fog, and often snow, there is not much to admire in the files of spectral convicts marching across the yards into Chapel.”
Also on Our DartmoorCholwich Town Cross — A medieval granite wayside cross near Tinpark Farm, Cornwood, once a gatepost, set up here in 1969. Also called Ridding Down Cross and Tinpark Cross.
