TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser- & well-known rocks and outcrops
Crip Tor (Ringwood)Criptor
 Ken Ringwood, in his 2013 book on Dartmoor Tors, places Crip Tor on private land, on a short rise at the back of the same named farm. It is a worthy contender, consisting of a number of large smooth rounded outcrops, with lower bedrock spilling beyond the fence into some almost impenetrable bracken and bramble infested open access land. There are further outcrops to the west, these set within private woodland and close to a ruined farmstead known as Crabbaland. Unfortunately, as of 2023, the owners of Criptor Farm have confirmed that they do not wish people to request access to the tor, so it must be viewed from afar.  However, the true location of 'Crip Tor' is still disputed, with other evidence placing it elsewhere. Whilst it was mentioned by Crossing, in his Guide, he gives no description of the tor to help, and Hemery offers nothing more only referring to the farm.  Mike Brown, in his 1985 Gazetteer, places Crip Tor to the south-east of Swell Tor, and there is evidence of this position being favoured on the Tithe Map of the Parish of Walkhampton. This outcrop, that is poised high on the ridge, is the only surviving remnant amid all of the former 19th Century quarrying and has its own dramatic excavations and sprawl of granite tossed beneath. This site is also known by some as Swell Tor Stack and Inclined Plane Tor, the latter mentioned by Crossing in his 'Dartmoor Worker'. 
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