TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser- & well-known rocks and outcrops
Broadun Rocks SouthBroad Down
![]() A collection of short granite outcrops on Broad Down, one the most substantial lies close to a ladder stile and wall. This rock face rises to at least 1.2 metres in height on this side and is the southernmost tor in this group. ![]() We learn from Eric Hemery (1983) that the various outcrops straddling the down are collectively known as Broadun Rocks and that they are never referred to as Broadown Tors, this being a misnomer introduced in error in the original version of Dartmoor A New Study in 1970 edited by Crispin Gill. It turned out to be a total misprint and should have read 'Beardown' along with Fur Tor for the erroneous 'Lur Tor' that featured in the same sentence. ![]() Yet despite all this Ken Ringwood (2013) still uses that discredited name as an alternative to describe the outcrops on Broad Down in his book on Dartmoor Tors. ![]()
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