List of Dartmoor tors and hills
Here is a list of Dartmoor tors and hills. Dartmoor is a National Park in South West England. The main authority (other than the OS map) is "Dartmoor Tors and Rocks" by Ken Ringwood, supplemented as marked by Terry Bound (TB) David Bellamy (DB) and Tim Jenkinson (TJ). Some have been viewed and photographed by the current editors (CJH and JFM)
- Aish Tor SX702715 (CJH and JFM)
- Allerbrook Outcrop SX67837191
- Amicombe Hill
- Arch Tor SX634782
- Arms Tor SX541863(CJH and JFM)
- Ashbury Tor SX604942(CJH and JFM)
- Assycombe Hill SX665820 (boundary marker; no tor visible)
- Aylesborough Tor SX599686(see Eylesbarrow)
- Bag Tor SX762758(CJH and JFM)
- Bagga Tor SX548805(CJH and JFM)
- Ball Hill, Okehampton
- Beardown Tors SX602774
- Bee Tor SX708844
- Bel Tor SX696730
- Bell Tor SX730779
- Bellever Tor SX645764
- Belstone Tor SX614921
- Bench Tor SX691718
- Berra Tor SX553679
- Birch Tor SX687815
- Black Dunghill SX581775
- Black Hill. There are two Black Hills on Dartmoor:
- Black Tor. There are 3 Black Tors on the moor:
- In the south of the moor, near Shipley Tor SX680635.
- In the north west of the moor, near High Willhays. SX566895
- In the west of the moor, near Walkhampton SX574718.
- Blackadon Tor SX718734
- Blackalder Tor SX567616
- Bonehill Rocks
- Boulters Tor SX525780
- Bracken Tor SX588939
- Brat Tor SX539856
- Bray Tor SX539856
- Brent Fore Hill
- Brent Hill
- Brent Tor SX471804
- Brimhill Tor SX518795
- Burrator SX553679
- Butterdon Hill SX655587
- Buttern Hill SX653885
- Callisham Tor SX538664
- Calveslake Tor SX609677
- Chat Tor SX556853
- Chinkwell Tor SX729781
- Chub Tor SX520661
- Collard Tor SX557622
- Combeshead Tor or Combshead Tor SX588688
- Combestone Tor SX670718
- Conies Down Tor SX589791
- Coombe Tor SX686872
- Corndon Tor SX687742
- Cosdon Hill or Cosdon Beacon SX636915
- Cox Tor (Cocks' Tor).[1] SX531762
- Cramber Tor SX584712
- Crane Hill SX622690
- Crockern Tor SX616758
- Crow Tor SX605788
- Cut Hill SX598827
- Devil's Tor SX597797
- Dinger Tor SX586881
- Doe Tor SX541849
- Down Tor SX580694
- Lower Dunnagoat Tor SX558863
- Lydford Tor
- Higher Dunnagoat Tor SX558865
- Easdon Hill
- Easdon Tor SX729823
- East Hill, South of Okehampton
- East Mill Tor SX600897
- Eastern Tor SX584665
- Eastern White Barrow SX665652
- Feather Tor SX535742
- Flat Tor SX609817
- Foggintor SX567736. Quarried out.
- Fox Tor There are two Fox Tors:
- Fur Tor (or Vurretor[1])SX588831
- Ger Tor SX547831
- Giant's Hill
- Gibbet Hill
- Gidleigh Tor SX671878
- Grea Tor SX754782 (not shown on all modern maps, though nearby Greator rocks is)
- Great Combe Tor SX523775
- Great Hound torSX743790
- Great Kneeset SX589859
- Great Links Tor SX552868
- Great Mis Tor SX563769
- Great Nodden SX539874
- Great Staple Tor SX542760
- Great Trowlesworthy Tor SX580643
- Green Hill SX636678
- Green Tor SX562864
- Gren Tor SX551880
- Gripper's Hill SX686655
- Gutter Tor SX578669
- Hameldown Tor SX703807
- Hangershell Rock SX654594
- Hangingstone Hill SX617861
- Hare Tor SX551842
- Hart Tor SX581720
- Hartland Tor SX642799
- Hartor Tors (also Hart Tor, Harter Tors[2]) SX599678 and SX602677
- Hawks Tor SX552625
- Haytor or Hay Tor (also Hey Tor) SX757770
- Heckwood Tor SX537738
- Heltor Rock SX800870
- Hen Tor SX594693
- High Tor SX512786
- Higher Tor There are 2 Higher Tors on the moor:
- One at SX613917 (near Belstone)
- One at SX697726 (near Poundsgate)
- Higher White Tor SX619786
- High Willhays (or High Willes,[1][3] High Willows, Highest Tor, Hight Will). SX580895
- Hockinston Tor SX700719
- Hollow Tor . There are two Hollow Tors on the moor:
- One near Top Tor at SX731762
- One Near Princetown at SX571745
- Holwell Tor SX751777
- Homerton Hill
- Honeybag Tor SX728787
- Hookney Tor SX699813
- Hound Tor . There are two Hound Tors on the moor:
- One south of Throwleigh
- One south of Manaton
- Huccaby Tor SX655740
- Hucken Tor SX549739
- Hunt Tor SX557875
- Hunts Tor SX722897
- Hunter's Tor SX760825
- Ingra Tor SX555721
- Ivy Tor SX628936
- Kennon Hill SX643893
- Kent's Tor SX516794
- Kes Tor SX665863 aka Kestor Rock
- King Tor SX710815
- King's Tor SX557739
- Kitty Tor SX587875
- Lakehead Hill SX643777
- Langcombe Hill SX618657
- Laughter Tor (Lough Tor) SX653757
- Leather Tor (Lether Tor) SX562700
- Leedon Tor (Leeden Tor on the Ordnance Survey maps) SX563719
- Legis Tor SX571656
- Leigh Tor SX712715
- Lints Tor SX580874
- Littaford Tors SX616769
- Little Combe Tor SX521777
- Little Hound Tor SX633900
- Little Links Tor SX547870
- Little Mis Tor SX564763 (Historically also called Wain Tor[1])
- Little Staple Tor SX539754
- Little Trowlesworthy Tor SX580645
- Longaford Tor SX616779
- Longstone Hill
- Longtimber Tor SX509783
- Low Man's Tor SX757770
- Lower White Tor SX619792
- Luckey Tor SX685721
- Lydford Tor SX599782
- Lynch Tor SX565807
- Maiden Hill
- Manga Hill SX630850
- Mel Tor SX693725
- Meldon Hill
- Metheral Hill SX624897
- Merripit Hill SX657803
- Middle Staple Tor SX540757
- Middle Tor SX565807
- Nakers Hill
- Nat Tor. There are two Nat Tors (or Nattor) on the moor:
- North Hessary Tor SX578743
- Oke Tor SX612901
- Okement Hill (or Ockment[1]) SX603875
- Old Hill
- Peek Hill
- Penn Beacon SX599629
- Pew Tor SX532735
- Pil Tor SX735759
- Pupers Hill SX673674
- Raddick Hill
- Ramsley Hill
- Raven's Tor. There are two.
- Reedy Hill (on the border)
- Rippon Tor SX747756
- Rival Tor (Rippator, Rifle Tor) SX642881
- Rook Tor SX602615
- Roos Tor (Roose Tor, Rulestorre, Rolls Tor[1]) SX543766
- Rough Tor SX606798
- Round Hill There are three hills known as Round Hill on the moor
- Row Tor There are two Row Tors on the moor.
- One at SX593916 3 km south of Okehampton.
- Royal Hill SX616726
- Rundlestone Tor SX576746
- Ryder's Hill SX659691
- Saddle Tor SX751763
- Scarey Tor SX607924
- Scorhill Tor SX659872
- Shapley Tor SX699821
- Sharp Tor. There are several Sharp Tors, both Sharpitors may also be referred to as Sharp Tor in some cases[3]
- Sharpitor. There are two Sharpitors on the moor:
- Shavercombe Tor SX594661
- Sheeps Tor SX566683
- Shell Top (or Shiel Top,[3] Shell Tor[1]) SX598638
- Shelstone Tor SX558898
- Shilstone Tor SX658902
- Shipley Tor SX685632
- Sittaford Tor (or Siddaford Tor) SX633830
- Skir Hill SX650705
- Sourton Tors SX542899
- South Hessary Tor SX597724
- Smith Hill
- Snowdon SX668684
- Standon Hill SX555814
- Stannon Tor SX647802
- Staple Tor or Steeple Tor - see Little Staple Tor, Middle Staple tor and Great Staple Tor.
- Steeperton Tor SX618888
- Stenga Tor SX570880
- Stinger's Hill SX631660
- Stonetor Hill SX749856
- Swell Tor SX560733. Quarried out.
- Ter Hill SX642705
- Three Barrows SX653626
- Thornworthy Tor SX664853
- Tom's Hill
- Top Tor SX737762
- Thornworthy Tor, see Great Trowlesworthy Tor
- Ugborough Beacon SX668592
- Vixen Tor SX542742
- Was Tor SX500830
- Watchet Hill
- Water Hill SX671813
- Watern Tor (or Watern Borough[1]) SX629868
- Western Beacon SX654576. The most southerly hill on Dartmoor.
- West Mill Tor SX587910
- White Tor SX543788. Also see Higher White Tor and Lower White Tor
- Whitehill Tor SX575615
- Whitehorse Hill SX617855
- Wild Tor SX623877
- Wind Tor SX708758
- Winter Tor SX609915
- Woodcock Hill
- Yar Tor SX678741
- Yes Tor. There are actually two Yes Tors on the moor:
- The name Yes Tor usually refers to the one near Okehampton at SX581902, which has also been known as Eastor and Highest Tor in the past[1] (though High Willhays, approximately 1 kilometre south is actually 2 metres higher).
- The second Yes Tor is on Walkhampton common. Called East Tor by Terry Bound, referred to Crossing. Not on the OS map and quite difficult to find: grid reference 53989
- Zeal Hill
The total number of named tors and hills on the moor varies considerably depending on the source. Crossing[1] refers to tors as "These granite masses, of which there are about 170 on Dartmoor". There are at least as many named Hills, Downs, Beacons etc. as well as Rocks used to refer to tors. It is not uncommon for a tor and a hill to share a name, as Tor refers to the granite outcrop (for example Nattor Down), equally, as can be seen in the list above, many names recur. Even the definition of Dartmoor varies between sources, particularly between modern sources and those that predate the national park.
See also
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References and Further Reading
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Terry Bound: The A to Z of Dartmoor Tors (Obelisk Publications)