Tors of Dartmoor Blog
An edited version of this article appeared in Dartmoor Magazine – Summer 2012. This short article charts what appears to be the discovery of a new tor, one that has been seemingly overlooked in the literature of Dartmoor and is not represented by the Ordnance Survey, which is rather surprising given its prominence atop Coombe Down at […]
An edited version of this article appeared in Dartmoor Magazine – Autumn 2011. This series of occasional papers is designed to build upon existing knowledge of the landscape of Dartmoor and develop where possible some new insights into those parts of the moor that have so far received somewhat scant attention in the literature. To this end […]
An edited version of this article appeared in Dartmoor Magazine – Spring 2013. The often-difficult terrain of Eastern Dartmoor with its steep wooded slopes above Bovey Tracey, Lustleigh and Moretonhampstead has led to considerable underrepresentation in the literature. As accessibility has and continues to be a problem, very little is known of the various tors […]
An edited version of this article appeared in Dartmoor Magazine – Summer 2015. This article and the next two in the ‘Dartmoor Discovered’ series have been inspired by the accounts of William Crossing in the book ‘Gems in a Granite Setting’ that was first published in 1905 and reprinted for a new generation in 1986. […]
An edited version of this article appeared in Dartmoor Magazine – Winter 2011. It is very likely that hundreds of people will have walked the path to Buckland Beacon on South Dartmoor to view the celebrated Ten Commandment stones that have lain close to the summit at SX 735731 since c1928 without paying too much […]
A short evening stroll with Tim Jenkinson, from Merrivale to this wonderful woodland tor that is hidden in the Walkham Valley.
The law condemns the man or woman Who steals a goose from off a common;But lets the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose. The Devon Evening Express, 27th December 1883 Since 2019 I had been trying to raise awareness of a historical boundary stone that once stood on the east slope […]
An evening walk from Belstone, along the high path of the Cleave, visiting The Cliff, Ska Rocks and White Rock before visiting Sticklepath Moor to the north of the village and returning along the Cleave footpath below Ivy Tor.
Lockdown eased, I drove to Prewley Moor and wandered up the West Okement in the sunshine. I clambered down into Valley of Rocks, had a good look at the landslide near Slipper Stones and then dragged myself back up the hill to Shelstone Tor. Here are the photos of the day.
Up late, time to clear the head and wander up to East Hill from home, adhering to COVID Tier 3 guidelines to stay local. This is always a fine walk with views south to the high moor and north over Okehampton and further to Exmoor, but made particularly special after a dusting of snow.