The Tors of Dartmoor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't think I would be far wrong in suggesting that there are very few places on Dartmoor from which a tor of some kind is not visible. This is hardly surprising as it is the literal bedrock of the moor and what we see today are mere vestiges of what once existed. I can remember once stood in a Dartmoor Park Visitors Centre and hearing an overseas visitor ask, "who built the tors?", well I think if we knew the answer to that the world would be a much better place than it is today. I have also heard the question asked, "how many tors are there"? again that is a difficult one to answer. Mainly because what can be classified as an actual tor? There are the obvious massive granite outcrops which clearly can be described as a tor but then there are the tiny eroded remains that today exist as nothing more than a few boulders.

The O.E.D. defines the word as meaning,

 

"a hill or rocky peak, whose origin is the Old English word torr, perhaps of a Celtic origin and related to Welsh tor 'belly' and Scottish Gaelic tórr 'bulging hill'.

 

However, on Dartmoor things are a bit different, some say the word derived from the Celtic word twr which meant a  'tower'. The definition of a tor is "a prominent outcrop of rock that can occur at any point between valley floor and hilltop". The majority of tors consist of granite however there are some on the moor edges that are of greenstone, elvan, and quartz-schorl. The natural weathering of the tors produces secondary features such as rock-basins, logan stones, clitters, and tolmen stones.

So how did the tors come to be? For the beginnings we shall have to delve deep into the annals of time to around about 280 million years ago. This was when the molten granite which was at a temperature of between 900 and 1000ºC cooled and began to solidify. As this process took place the minerals which make up granite crystallised as tightly knit grains which gave the rock its natural hardness. There are three main types of mineral to be found in granite, Feldspar, Biotite, and Quartz, this combination gives the Dartmoor Granite its distinctive hues of colour.

When the still hot granite was still hot but solid the contraction caused vertical open fractures to appear and eventually form the distinct 'joints'. At the same time hot water flowed through these joints and deposited a lining of quartz and tourmaline crystals in them. The orientation of the joint pattern was controlled by two things, the pressure in the earth's crust and the actual movements along faults.

 

 

The granite was covered by a layer of mostly slate and sandstone which was between 2 - 3 km thick. In geological time scales this layer was eroded away fairly quickly and once the pressure of this overlying rock was removed the granite began to expand upwards. This movement started the formation of the horizontal joints, a good example being that of Chat tor in the photograph above. The joints tend to follow the topography of the surrounding land insomuch as on the hilltop tors the joints run horizontally and in the valley tors they may be inclined.

The granite was then over a lengthy period of timed weakened by the process of kaolinisation. This occurred when hot water which had been heated from within the granite by natural radiation, began to circulate and break down the feldspar minerals. As these are one of the major components of granite (30-40%) this process resulted the formation of a white clay called kaolin. You only have to drive across Lee Moor or walk up to Redlake to see the extent of this process. This began the lengthy task of shaping the tor formations.

Around about 60 - 30 million years ago Dartmoor was experiencing a sub-tropical climate and was covered with trees and vegetation. As the vegetation began to rot the rainwater percolated acidic water down through the granite. This resulted in further weakening of the rock, especially along the joints through which the water ran and once agin the erosional forces began to further shape the granite.

 

 

Between 2 million to 10,000 years ago Dartmoor was experiencing an Ice Age and this too began a process of erosion. Probably the most damaging of these forces was the 'freeze thaw' effect. This is where water lying in the joints is frozen and the expanding ice forces the granite apart and causes blocks of rock to fall away. This loose material then rolled off downhill, aided by the permanently frozen ground underneath. In warmer spells the frozen surface layers began to thaw and the resulting 'mudflow' would then carry granite debris of all shapes and sizes downhill. In some areas of Dartmoor huge blocks and boulders were carried up to 1 km during this process which eventually formed the clitters we see today. Eventually all of the loose material from around the cores of granite were eroded leaving us with the tors of today.

Ever since man has lived on Dartmoor he has utilised the granite in every conceivable way. Initially it made his home, cooked his food, enclosed his fields, and built his ritual monuments. This trend never ceased and in later years the granite made his roads, his buildings, and in some cases his fortune as the Quarry owners knew all too well. Today the tors bring in the visitors who along with many of the locals always have an irresistible urge to climb on top of a granite outcrop and stand and stare as if it was they had conquered their personal 'Everest'. They provide sheltered picnic spots, climbing challenges, hiding places for letterboxes, viewpoints, navigational points, and much much more.

 

 

So to return to the original question as to how many tors there are. William Crossing suggests 147 which when looking at the OS map is believable. Over the years I have been building a database of Dartmoor place-names and below are 433 names which have been used to name the tors of Dartmoor. That is not to say that there are 433 tors as many of them have been known as various names down through the ages and this list contains all the 'aliases' as well. Many of them no longer appear on the modern maps but they have all been used at some time or other. The sources I have used to compile this list includes maps, books, documents, and gazetteers of all ages. I believe this to be the most comprehensive list yet to be published and it is still growing. Only today I was reading a feature in the latest issue of the 'Dartmoor News' where it was saying that under the new CROW act there is now access to 'Pin Tor', a tor I had never come across

 

The Gazetteer of Dartmoor Tors

© Tim Sandles 2006/7

 

Tor Name

OS Grid Ref

Also Known As

AISH TOR

SX 702     715

 

ARCH TOR

SX 6336 7817

 

ARMS TOR

SX 541     863

 

ASHBURY TOR

SX 6050 9405

 

ATHER TOR

SX 7580 7690

AKA Hay, Hey, High, & Solar Tor.

AYLESBOROUGH TOR

SX 5995 6860

AKA Eylesbarrow Tor, Ellisborough Tor.

BAGTOR

SX 7620 7575

 

BAGGA TOR

SX 5480 8050

AKA Baketorre & Bog Tor

BAKETORRE

SX 5480 8050

AKA Bagga Tor.

BEARA TOR

SX 553     679

AKA Burra Tor, Berra Tor.

BEARDOWN TORS

SX 60         77

 

BEE TOR

SX 7082 8440

 

BEL TOR

SX 697     730

 

BELL TOR

SX 7305 7785

 

BELLAFORD TOR

SX 644     764

AKA Bellever Tor.

BELLEVER TOR

SX 644     764

AKA Bellaford Tor.

BELSTONE TORS

SX 61         92

 

BENCH TOR

SX 691     716

AKA Benjy Tor. 

BENJY TOR

SX 691     716

AKA Bench Tor.

BERRA TOR

SX 5520 6790

AKA Beara Tor, Burra Tor, Beera Tor. 

BERRA TOR

SX 553     679

AKA Burra Tor, Beara Tor. 

BEYONDER TOR

SX 6192 7922

AKA Little Whitten Tor. 

BILLY'S TOR

SX 5673 7450

 

BIRCH TOR

SX 687     814

AKA Warren Tor. 

BLACK TOR

SX 567     895

AKA Blacktorr Hedges, Blacka Tor, Great Black Tor 

BLACK TOR

SX 573     718

 

BLACK TOR

SX 681     635

 

BLACKA TOR

SX 567     895

AKA Black Tor. 

BLACKA TOR

SX 666     750

 

BLACKA TOR

SX 6943 7850

 

BLACKADON TOR

SX 712     734

 

BLACKALDER TOR

SX 5674 6159

AKA Blackaller Tor

BLACKALLER TOR

SX 5674 6159

AKA Blackalder Tor. 

BLACKATON TOR

SX 7104 7342

An outlying pile of Blackaton Tor. 

BLAKEY TOR

SX 6130 7366

AKA Colden Tor. 

BOG TOR

SX 5480 8058

AKA Bagga Tor & Baketorre.

BOT TOR

SX 8270 8050

 

BOULTERS TOR

SX 5250 7806

 

BRACKEN TOR

SX 5884 9386

 

BRADDON TOR

SX 6225 7990

AKA Broadown Tor

BRAI TOR

SX 5398 8557

AKA Brat, Widgery, Broad, & Lur Tor

BRAT TOR

SX 5398 8557

AKA Brai, Widgery, Broad, & Lur Tor

BRAZEN TOR

SX 547     806

AKA Brouzen Tor, Brownsdon Tor.

BRENT TOR

SX 471     804

 

BRIMAGE TOR

SX 57?? 60??

AKA Bromedge Tor

BRIMHILL TOR

SX 5185 7948

 

BROAD TOR

SX 5398 8557

AKA Brai, Brat, Widgery, & Lur Tor

BROADOWN TOR

SX 6225 7990

AKA Braddon Tor

BROOMAGE TOR

SX 57?? 60??

AKA Brimmage Tor

BROUZEN TOR

SX 545    806

AKA Brownsdon Tor, Brazen Tor 

BROWNSDON TOR

SX 545     806

AKA Brounzen Tor, Brazen Tor. 

BUCK TOR

SX 4802 6989

 

BURRA TOR

SX 553     679

AKA Beara Tor, Berra Tor, 

BUTTERN TOR

SX 6530 8868

AKA The Cuckoo Stone. 

CADWORTHY TOR

SX 5421 6418

AKA Oxen Tor. 

CALLISHAM TOR

SX 5380 6640

 

CALVESLAKE TOR

SX 6081 6761

 

CASTLE, THE

SX 552     867

AKA Great Links Tor, Great Lynx Tor. 

CHARBE TOR

SX 731? 774?

AKA Bone Hill Rocks. 

CHAT TOR

SX 5553 8523

AKA Clatter Tor.

CHINKWELL TOR

SX 728     718

AKA Chinkywell.

CHINKYWELL

SX 728     718

AKA Chinkwell Tor.

CHIP TOR

SX 555     722

AKA Ingra Tor, Inner Tor, Ingater Tor, Johnson's Quarry

CHUB TOR

SX 5200 6610

 

CLAIG TOR

SX 549     677

 

CLARET TOR

SX 6652 5862

AKA Creber Rocks.

CLATTER TOR

SX 5553 8528

AKA Chat Tor

CLAY TOR

SX 568     781

AKA Small Tor.

CLEAG TOR

SX 5494 6759

AKA Click Tor & Yannadon Crags.

CLEAVE ROCKS

SX 6090 9408

AKA Cleave Tor & The Coronet

CLEAVE TOR

SX 6090 9408

AKA Cleave Rocks & The Coronet. 

CLICK TOR

SX 5494 6759

AKA Cleag Tor & Yannadon Crags.

COCKS TOR

SX 531     762

AKA Cox Tor.

COLDEN TOR

SX 6130 7366

AKA Blakey Tor.

COLLARD TOR

SX 5571 6215

 

COMBESHEAD TOR

SX 587     688

 

COMBESTONE TOR

SX 670     718

AKA Cumston Tor

CONIES DOWN TOR

SX 5892 7910

 

COOMBE TOR

SX 6858 8718

 

CORNDON NORTH TOR

SX 687     747

 

CORNDON TOR

SX 687     742

AKA Curnen Tor, Quarnian Tor

CORONET, THE

SX 6090 9480

AKA Cleave Tor & Cleave Rocks.

COURTON TOR

SX 613     737

Taken from Shillibeer's map.

COX TOR

SX 531     762

AKA Cocks Tor.

CRAMBER TOR

SX 5836 7118

AKA Cramberplana.

CRAMBERPLANA

SX 5836 7118

AKA Cramber Tor.

CRANE TOR

SX 622     690

AKA Crane Hill.

CREWTOR

SX 6070 7871

AKA Crow Tor.

CRIP TOR

SX 5615 7312

 

CROCKERN TOR

SX 6156 7577

Site of The Stannary Parliament.

CROUGHTER

SX 6069 7871

AKA Little Crow Tor.

CROW TOR

SX 6070 7871

AKA Crewtor.

CROWNHILL TOR

SX 5748 6087

 

CUMSTON TOR

SX 670     718

AKA Combestone Tor.

CURNEN TOR

SX 687     742

AKA Corndon Tor.

CUT TOR

SX 578     669

AKA Gutter Tor, Gotetorre & Gotterknap Tor. 

DEVILS TOR

SX 5969 7962

 

DINGER TOR

SX 5862 8810

 

DOE TOR

SX 542     848

 

DOWN TOR

SX 580     694

 

DREAM TOR

SX 7709 7678

 

EAGLES HILL

SX 581     902

AKA Yes Tor

EASDON TOR

SX 7295 8230

 

EAST BIRCH TOR

SX 6890 8085

 

EAST MILL TOR

SX 599     901

 

EAST TOR

SX 543     899

Main pile at N.W. of Sourton Tors.

EAST TOR

SX 5644 7247

AKA. Yes Tor.

EAST TOR

SX 580     643

AKA Great Trowlesworthy Tor.

EASTERN TOR

SX 584     665

 

ELLISBOROUGH TOR

SX 5995 6860

AKA Eylesbarrow Tor, Aylesborough Tor.

EYLESBARROW TOR

SX 5995 6860

AKA Aylesborough Tor, Ellisborough Tor.

FEATHER TOR

SX 535     741

AKA Fede Tor.

FEATHER TOR

SX 7472 8155

An outcrop of Manaton Tor.

FEDE TOR

SX 535     741

AKA Feather Tor.

FLAT TOR

SX 609     816

 

FOGGIN TOR

SX 567     735

AKA Vokketorre

FORTER

SX 588     831

AKA Fur Tor & Vur Tor

FOX TOR

SX 5138 7883

 

FOX TOR

SX 6260 6980

 

FOXWORTHY TOR

SX 761     821

AKA Small Tor.

FRENCHBERE TOR

SX 6715 8542

AKA Frenchbere Rock

FUR TOR

SX 5655 7249

 

FUR TOR

SX 588     831

AKA Vur Tor & Forter. 

GER TOR

SX 547     831

AKA Great Tor, Gordetorre.

GIBBY COMBE TOR

SX 687     687

 

GIDLEIGH TOR

SX 6712 8779

AKA Princeps Folly. 

GORDETORRE

SX 547     831

AKA Ger Tor.

GOTETORRE

SX 578     669

AKA Gutter Tor, Gotterknap Tor, Cut Tor.

GOTTERKNAP TOR

SX 578     669

AKA Cut Tor, Gotetorre & Gutter Tor.

GRANATE TOR

SX 552? 892?

AKA Granite Tor, Sourton Tor.

GRANITE TOR

SX 552? 892?

AKA Granate Tor, Sourton Tor.

GREA TOR

SX 7514 7910

AKA Greator Rocks, Grettor Bridge.

GREAT BLACK TOR

SX 567     895

AKA Black Tor.

GREAT COMBE TOR

SX 523     775

 

GREAT HAY TOR

SX 5500 8430

 

GREAT HAY TOR

SX 551     842

AKA. Hare Tor.

GREAT HOUND TOR

SX 743     790

AKA Hound Tor.

GREAT KING TOR

SX 709     816

AKA King Tor

GREAT LINKS TOR

SX 552     867

AKA Great Lynx Tor & The Castle

GREAT LYNX TOR

SX 552     867

AKA Great Links Tor & The Castle

GREAT MIS TOR

SX 562     769

 

GREAT STAPLE TOR

SX 542     760

AKA Great Steeple Tor

GREAT STEEPLE TOR

SX 542     760

AKA Great Staple Tor

GREAT TOR

SX 547     831

AKA Ger Tor

GREAT TROWLESWORTHY TOR

SX 580     643

AKA East Tor. 

GREEN TOR

SX 5510 8798

AKA Gren Tor & Grenny Tor.

GREEN TOR

SX 562     864

 

GREN TOR

SX 5510 8798

AKA Green Tor & Grenny Tor.

GRENNY TOR

SX 5510 8798

AKA Green Tor & Gren Tor.

GRETTOR BRIDGE

SX 7514 7910

AKA Grea Tor.

GRIMS TOR

SX 703     806

AKA Hameldown Tor.

GUTTER TOR

SX 578     669

AKA Gotterknap Tor, Gotetorre & Cut Tor.

HALL TOR

SX 6383 6014

AKA Tristis Rock.

HAMELDOWN TOR

SX 703     806

AKA Grims Tor

HAMPSTER TOR

SX 581     902

AKA High Willhays

HARE TOR

SX 551     842

AKA.The Volcano, Great Hay Tor.

HARE TOR

SX 601     911

 

HART TOR

SX 581     720

 

HART TOR

SX 6010 9112

 

HARTL& TOR

SX 6417 7992

 

HARTOR

SX 678     740

AKA Yar Tor, Heart Tor & Hartor.

HAWKS TOR

SX 5522 6252

AKA Oxter Tor. 

HAY TOR

SX 7580 7690

AKA Ather, Hey, High, & Solar Tor.

HAYNE DOWN TORS

SX 74         80

Group of rock outcrops.

HAZEL TOR

SX 731     716

AKA Auswell Rocks, Lion Rock.

HEART TOR

SX 678     740

AKA Yar Tor, Hurtestorre & Hartor

HECKWOOD TOR

SX 5390 7374

 

HEL TOR

SX 7996 8702

 

HEN TOR

SX 5933 6530

AKA Hind Tor

HERNE HOLE TOR

SX 5808 7460

 

HEXTON TOR

SX 582     637

 

HEYTOR

SX 7580 7690

AKA Ather,, Hay, High, & Solar Tor

HIGH TOR

SX 5119 7868

 

HIGH TOR

SX 7580 7690

AKA Ather, Hay, Hey, & Solar Tor.

HIGHER DUNNAGOAT TOR

SX 5576 8650

 

HIGHER HART TOR

SX 5996 6774

 

HIGHER TOR

SX 6128 9171

 

HIGHER TOR

SX 6979 7260

 

HIGHER WHITE TOR

SX 620     780

AKA Whitten Tor, & Waydon Tor. 

HIND TOR

SX 5933 6530

AKA Hen Tor.

HOAX TOR

SX 6221 8011

 

HOCKINSTON TOR

SX 6951 7194

 

HOLEWYLTORRE

SX 751     777

AKA Holwell Tor. 

HOLLOW TOR

SX 5710 7454

AKA Stone Tor.

HOLLOW TOR

SX 7313 7620

 

HOLWELL TOR

SX 751     777

AKA Holewyltorre

HONEYBAG TOR

SX 729     787

 

HOO TOR

SX 612     900

AKA Oke, Ock, Oak Tor.

HOOK-IN-TOR

SX 6951 7194

AKA Hucken Tor,Okel Tor.

HOOKNER TOR

SX 699     813

AKA Hookney Tor.

HOOKNEY TOR

SX 699     813

AKA Hookner Tor.

HOUND TOR

SX 6289 8901

AKA Round Tor

HOUND TOR

SX 743     790

AKA Great Hound Tor. 

HUCCABY TOR

SX 6566 7397

 

HUCKEN TOR

SX 549     738

AKA Hook-in-Tor, Okel Tor, Hulkynctore.

HULKYNCTORE

SX 549     738

AKA Hucken Tor.

HUNT TOR

SX 5570 8749

 

HUNTERS TOR

SX 7220 8975

 

HUNTERS TOR

SX 7662 8248

 

HURSTON CASTLE TOR

SX 6836 8341

 

HURTESTORRE

SX 678     740

AKA Yar Tor, Hartor, & Heart Tor.

INCLINE PLAIN TOR

SX 562     729

 

INGATER TOR

SX 555     721

AKA Chip Tor, Inner Tor & Ingra Tor.

INGRA TOR

SX 555     721

AKA Chip Tor, Inner Tor, Ingater Tor.

INNER TOR

SX 555     721

AKA Chip Tor, Ingater Tor & Ingra Tor. 

IVY TOR

SX 6280 9361

 

KENT TOR

SX 5174 7935

AKA Kenter Tor

KENTER TOR

SX 5174 7935

AKA Kent Tor

KES TOR

SX 6655 8628

 

KING TOR

SX 709     816

AKA Great King Tor

KING'S TOR

SX 556     739

 

KINGSHEAD TOR

SX 709     779

 

KIT TOR

SX 5672 8747

AKA Kitty Tor. 

KITTY TOR

SX 5672 8747

AKA Kit Tor.

KNATTABOROUGH TOR

SX 6109  9100

Partly worked stones on slopes.

LADYBROOK TOR

SX 6254 9236

 

LANGWORTHY TOR

SX 7065 7677

 

LAUGHTER TOR

SX 653     757

AKA Lough Tor

LAUNCESTON TOR

SX 7265 7220

AKA Long Score Tor

LEEDON TOR

SX 563     719

 

LEGHTETORR

SX 711     714

AKA Leigh Tor.

LEGIS TOR

SX 5710 6557

AKA New Warren Tor. 

LEIGH TOR

SX 711     714

AKA Long Tor, Leghetorr.

LEIGHON TOR

SX 757     787

 

LENNECK TOR

SX 552     867

AKA Great Links Tor.

LETHER TOR

SX 563     700

AKA Lodertorre.

LINTS TOR

SX 580     875

AKA The Sphinx

LITTAFORD TOR

SX 6157  7715

AKA Longbetor.

LITTLE BEE TOR

SX 6162 7690

 

LITTLE BOULTERS TOR

SX 5246 7800

 

LITTLE COCKS TOR

SX 528     765

AKA Little Cox Tor, Reeps Tor.

LITTLE COMBE TOR

SX 5205 7772

 

LITTLE COX TOR

SX 528     765

AKA Little Cocks Tor, Reeps Tor.

LITTLE CROW TOR

SX 6069 7871

AKA Croughter.

LITTLE DOWN TOR

SX 5768 6937

 

LITTLE FORD TOR

SX 6157 7715

AKA Littaford Tor & Longbetor.

LITTLE FOX TOR

SX 6215 6980

AKA Yonder Tor.

LITTLE HARE TOR

SX 5469 8413

AKA Little Hay Tor.

LITTLE HAY TOR

SX 5469 8413

AKA Little Hare Tor.

LITTLE HEN TOR

SX 5934 6528

 

LITTLE HOUND TOR

SX 632     899

AKA Little Whithill, Round Tor, Parva Hundetorre.

LITTLE KING TOR

SX 554     738

 

LITTLE LINKS TOR

SX 5471 8698

AKA Little Lynx Tor

LITTLE LONGAFORD TOR

SX 6159 7776

 

LITTLE LYNX TOR

SX 5471 8698

AKA Little Links Tor

LITTLE MIS TOR

SX 5640 7630

AKA Wain Tor.

LITTLE PEW TOR

SX 531     732

AKA Samford Tor.

LITTLE STAPLE TOR

SX 5386 7537

AKA Little Steeple Tor

LITTLE STEEPLE TOR

SX 5386 7537

AKA Little Staple Tor

LITTLE TOR

SX 5770 6459

AKA Little Trowlesworthy Tor.

LITTLE TOR

SX 5894 9068

 

LITTLE TROWLESWORTHY TOR

SX 5770 6459

AKA Little Tor.

LITTLE WHIT TOR

SX 538     787

 

LODERTORRE

SX 563     700

AKA Lether Tor.

LOGATOR

SX 6850 7202

AKA Lug Tor, Lucky Tor, & Looka Tor

LONG SCORE TOR

SX 7265 7220

AKA Launceston Tor

LONG TOR

SX 711     714

AKA Leigh Tor.

LONGAFORD TOR

SX 616     779

AKA South Beetor.

LONGBETOR

SX 6157 7715

AKA Littaford Tor, & Little Ford Tor

LONGTIMBER TOR

SX 5094 7826

 

LOOKA TOR

SX 6850 7202

AKA Lucky Tor, Lug Tor, Raven Rock & Logator.

LOOKOUT TOR

SX 5970 7233

AKA South Hessary Tor.

LOUGH TOR

SX 653     757

AKA Laughter Tor. 

LOUGHTEN TOR

SX 667     835

AKA Lowton Rocks & Lowton Borough.

LOWER DUNNAGOAT TOR

SX 5575 8632

 

LOWER HART TOR

SX 6035 6752

 

LOWER WHITE TOR

SX 6192 7922

AKA Beeyonder Tor. 

LOWERY TOR

SX 5560 6970

 

LUCKY TOR

SX 6850 7202

AKA Lug Tor, Logator, Looka Tor, & Raven Rock.

LUG TOR

SX 6850 7202

AKA Lucky Tor, Logator, Looka Tor, & Raven Rock.

LUR TOR

SX 6225 7990

AKA Broadown Tor & Braddon Tor

LUXTON TOR

SX ???     ???

 

LYDFORD SHARP

SX 5501 8488

AKA Sharp Tor, Sharpator.

LYDFORD TOR

SX 5995 7818

 

LYNCH TOR

SX  565     807

 

MAIDEN TOR

SX 5620 6810

 

MANATON TOR

SX 7483 8156

AKA Manaton Rocks.

MEL TOR

SX 693     725

AKA Molletor Tor, & Mil Tor.

MID TOR

SX 5346 6929

 

MIDDLE STAPLE TOR

SX 540     756

AKA Middle Steeple Tor

MIDDLE STEEPLE TOR

SX 540     756

AKA Middle Staple Tor

MIDDLE TOR

SX 6690 8583

 

MIDDLEWORTH TOR

SX 5725 6935

 

MIL TOR

SX 693     725

AKA Mel Tor.

MOLLETOR

SX 693     725

AKA Mel Tor 

NARROW TOR

SX 5671 6870

 

NAT TOR

SX 5458 8239

 

NAT TOR

SX 5735 6730

 

NEW WARREN TOR

SX 5710 6557

AKA Legis Tor. 

NORTH HESSARY TOR

SX 5783 7422

AKA Ysfother

NORTH TOR

SX 6910 7192

 

OAK TOR

SX 612    900

AKA Oke Tor & Ock Tor

OCK TOR

SX 612     900

AKA Oak Tor & Oke Tor

OKE TOR

SX 612     900

AKA Hoo Tor, Oak Tor & Ock Tor

OKEL TOR

SX 549     738

AKA Hucken Tor & Hook-in-the-Tor.

OVALS TOR

SX 751     777

AKA Holwell Tor

OVER TOR

SX 558     753

 

OXEN TOR

SX 5421 6418

AKA Cadworthy Tor

OXTER TOR

SX 5522 6252

AKA Hawks Tor.

PARVA HUNDETORRE

SX 632     899

AKA Little Hound Tor & Round Tor. 

PETERSTONE ROCKS

SX 542     787

AKA White Tor, Peter Tor

PETER TOR

SX 542     787

AKA Whit Tor, Peterstone Rock

PETRE'S CROSS TOR

SX 6535 6549

AKA Western Whittabarrow.

PEW TOR

SX 533     735

AKA Pewterdowne.

PEWTERDOWNE

SX 533     735

AKA Pew Tor.

PIL TOR

SX 7350 7595

 

PIN TOR

SX 7561 8875

 

PIZWELL TOR

SX 6703 7779

Suggestive name.

PLANE TOR

SX 554     780

 

QUARNIAN TOR

SX 687     742

AKA Corndon Tor.

QUEEN OF THE MOOR

SX 588     831

AKA Vur Tor & Fur Tor

RABBITS TOR

SX 6338 6998

 

RAVEN TOR

SX 747     756

AKA Rippon Tor 

RAVEN'S TOR

SX 5041 8400

 

RAVEN'S TOR

SX 7614 8190

AKA Raven's Tower. 

RAVEN'S TOWER

SX 7614 8190

AKA Raven's Tor.

REEP'S TOR

SX 528     765

AKA Little Cocks Tor & Little Cox Tor.

RIFLE TOR

SX 6431 8802

AKA. Rival Tor  & Ripper Tor.

RIPPER TOR

SX 6431 8802

AKA Rival Tor & Rifle Tor.

RIPPON TOR

SX 747     756

AKA Raven Tor.

RIVAL TOR

SX 6431 8802

AKA Rifle Tor & Ripper Tor. 

ROLLS TOR

SX 543     766

AKA Roos Tor.

ROOK TOR

SX 6025 6168

 

ROOS TOR

SX 543     766

AKA Rolls Tor & Rulestorre.

ROUGE TOR

SX 53?? 73??

 

ROUGE TOR

SX 542     738

 

ROUGH TOR

SX 5790 6850

 

ROUGH TOR

SX 5930 9164

AKA Row Tor.

ROUGH TOR

SX 6060 7981

AKA Rowter.

ROUND HILL TOR

SX 606     739

Three rock piles.

ROUND TOR

SX 6289 8901

AKA Hound Tor

ROUND TOR

SX 632     899

AKA Little Hound Tor & Parva Hundetorre

ROUNDHILL TOR

SX 6054 7393

 

ROW TOR

SX 5930 9164

AKA. Rough Tor

ROW TOR

SX 6060 7981

 

ROWDEN TOR

SX 699     759

A circular, low, flat outcrop.

ROWTER

SX 6060 7981

AKA Rough Tor. 

ROYAL TOR

SX 6180 7263

 

RULESTORRE

SX 543     766

AKA Roos Tor.

RUNDLESTONE TOR

SX 576     745

 

SADDLE TOR

SX 751     763

 

SAMFORD TOR

SX 531     732

AKA Little Pew Tor. 

SAMPFORD TOR

SX 532     731

 

SCABATORA

SX 7234 7500

AKA Scobetor

SCOBETORRE

SX 7234 7500

AKA Scobetor

SCAREY TOR

SX 6066 9230

AKA Skurry Tor & Skir Tor

SCOBETOR

SX 7234 7500

AKA Scabatora & Scobetorre

SCORHILL TOR

SX 6585 8710

AKA. Scorhill Rocks. 

SENTINEL OF THE CLEAVE

SX 547     831

 

SET TOR

SX 5324 7799

 

SHADYBACK TOR

SX 5666 6506

AKA Shearaback Tor.

SHAPLEY TOR

SX 669    821

 

SHARP TOR

SX 5254 7710

 

SHARP TOR

SX 5501 8488

AKA Lydford Sharp & Sharpator. 

SHARP TOR

SX 560     703

AKA Sharp-a-Tor.

SHARP TOR

SX 649     617

 

SHARP TOR

SX 686    730

 

SHARP TOR

SX 7286 7806

Rockpile on southern side of Chinkwell tor. 

SHARP TOR

SX 729     899

 

SHARPATOR

SX 5501 8488

AKA Sharp Tor & Lydford Sharp.

SHARP-A-TOR

SX 560     703

AKA Sharp Tor, Sharpetorre, & Sharpatorrbeme.

SHARPATORRBEME

SX 560     703

AKA Sharp-A-Tor.

SHARPETORRE

SX 560     703

AKA Sharp-A-Tor. 

SHARPITOR

SX 7722 8142

 

SHAVERCOMBE TOR

SX 5940 6618

 

SHEARABACK TOR

SX 5666 6506

AKA Shadyback Tor.

SHEEPS TOR

SX 566     682

AKA ShisTor & Shepystor. 

SHELL TOR

SX 5980 6382

 

SHELSTONE TOR

SX 5579 8980

 

SHEPYSTOR

SX 566     682

AKA Sheeps Tor & ShisTor. 

SHERRABACK TOR

SX 5666 6506

AKA Shadyback Tor

SHILSTONE TOR

SX 6582 9020

 

SHIPLEY TOR

SX 6851 6319

 

SHISTOR

SX 566     682

AKA ShepysTor & SheepsTor.

SIDDAFORD TOR

SX 633    836

AKA Sittaford Tor.

SITTAFORD TOR

SX 633     836

AKA Siddaford Tor.

SKAT TOR

SX 82?? 85??

AKA. Skatter Rock. 

SKIR TOR

SX 6066 9230

AKA Scarey Tor & Scurry Tor.

SKURRY TOR

SX 6066 9230

AKA Scarey Tor  & Skir Tor.

SNAPPERS TOR

SX 5710 6925

 

SOLAR TOR

SX 7580 7690

AKA Ather, Hay, Hey, & High Tor. 

SOURTON TOR

SX 552? 892?

AKA Granite tor & Granate Tor. 

SOURTON TORS

SX 542     899

 

SOUTH BETOR

SX 616     779

AKA Longaford Tor.

SOUTH HESSARY TOR

SX 5970 7233

AKA Lookout Tor.

SOUTH TOR

SX 6917 7161

 

STANNON TOR

SX 6465 8112

 

STEEPERTON TOR

SX 618     888

 

STENGA TOR

SX 5680 8800

AKA Stinka Tor, Sourton Tor, & The Camel.

STINKA TOR

SX 5680 8800

AKA Stenga Tor, Sourton Tor, & The Camel

STONE TOR

SX 5710 7454

AKA Hollow Tor.

STONE TOR

SX 6485 8568

AKA Thurstone Tor. 

STONESLADE TOR

SX 712     779

 

STRANE TOR

SX 615    714

 

SWELL TOR

SX 5620 7320

 

TAPTER

SX 7360 7624

AKA Top Tor.

TAVY CLEAVE TOR

SX 555     834

 

THORNWORTHY TOR

SX 665     851

 

THREE BARROWS TOR

SX 653     626

 

THURSTONE TOR

SX 6485 8568

AKA Stone Tor.

TOP TOR

SX 7360 7624

AKA Tapter.

TORRY COMBE TOR

SX 5745 6152

AKA Whit Hill Tor. 

UDAL TOR

SX 5155 6714

 

VIXEN TOR

SX 542     742

AKA The Egyptian Sphinx.

VOKKETORRE

SX 567     735

AKA Foggin Tor. 

VOLCANO, THE

SX 551     842

AKA Hare Tor.

VUR TOR

SX 5655 7249

AKA Fur Tor & Forter

WACKA TOR

SX 662     621

 

WAIN TOR

SX 5640 7630

AKA Little Mis Tor.

WALTER TOR

SX 629     868

AKA Watern Tor.

WARREN TOR

SX 687     814

AKA Birch Tor.

WAS TOR

SX 5001 8295

AKA Wassa's Tor. 

WASSA'S TORR

SX 5001 8295

AKA Was Torr.

WATERN BOROUGH

SX 629     868

AKA. Watern Tor.

WATERN TOR

SX 629     868

AKA. Watern Borough & Walter Tor.

WAYDON TOR

SX 620     780

AKA Higher White Tor & Whitten Tor. 

WELLS TOR

SX 7430 7300

AKA Welstor Rock. 

WEST MIL TOR

SX 5875 9099

 

WHIT HILL TOR

SX 5745 6152

AKA Torry Combe Tor

WHIT TOR

SX 542     787

AKA Peter Tor, Peterstone Rock

WHITEHILL TOR

SX 5739 6149

AKA Torry Combe Tor.

WHITTEN TOR

SX 620     780

AKA Higher White Tor & Waydon Tor.

WIDGERY TOR

SX 5398 8557

AKA Brai Tor & Brat Tor.

WILD TOR

SX 623     877

AKA Wills Torn.

WILLS TOR

SX 623     877

AKA Wild Tor.

WIND TOR

SX 708     758

 

WINTER TOR

SX 6098 9159

 

YANNADON CRAGS

SX 5494 6759

AKA Click Tor & Cleag Tor.

YAR TOR

SX 678     740

AKA Hurtestorre, Hartor, & Heart Tor

YES TOR

SX 5644 7247

AKA. East Tor. 

YES TOR

SX 581     902

AKA Eagles Hill

YONDER TOR

SX 6215 6980

AKA Little Fox Tor. 

YSFOTHER

SX 5783 7422

AKA North Hessary Tor

 

 

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