Tors & Landmarks
Heckwood Tor
A modest tor with a prominent balancing boulder and traces of industrial archaeology nearby.
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Tors & Landmarks
Hedge Down Tor
Hedge Down Tor sits on the northern edge of Hedge Down, accessible via ladder stiles from the west.
Tors & Landmarks
Hen Tor
A striking granite cone on Lee Moor, overlooking the Plym valley and surrounded by extensive clitter.
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Herne Hole Tor
A modest granite outcrop near North Hessary Tor, with a cleft and a lone hawthorn tree on its edge.
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Higher Hartor
Higher Hartor Tor sits above the Plym valley with views along the Plym and towards Plymouth Sound.
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Higher Tor
A large granite tor of clitter and stacks on Belstone Common, about 470 m, just south-west of Belstone Tor, with wide views and the Okehampton range beside it.
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Higher White Tor
A striking tor on a conical hill, with a grassy summit and a small cairn overlooking Longaford Tor.
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Hockinston Tor
A challenging tor hidden in dense woodland above the River Dart, with a prominent outcrop and views over the valley.
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Hollow Tor
A small granite tor beside the road at Rundlestone, with a quarry cut into its north face and a possible second name, Billy's Tor.
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Vixen tor in the background. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“Even the half-wild cattle which range the other parts of the moor at pleasure, seem to shun the swampy steppes of the central wilderness.”
Also on Our DartmoorRing of five hut circles, Ger Tor enclosure — A ring of five hut circles, 4 to 8 m across, round an open space 45 m by 27 m inside the Ger Tor enclosure, with buried traces of occupation in the space.
