TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser & well-known rocks and outcrops
Down Tor
![]() A stunning tor, a large expanse of huge granite, with some of the best views of the national park, looking across to Burrator Reservoir. ![]() Hemery says the slopes of, "Down Tor (1,200 feet) are clittered to a remarkable degree (similar to Vur Tor, Tavy). Numerous huge slabs, lowered upon previous deposits by melting ice (ref. 'Clitter') are poised in an unconvincing state of balance - their apparent instability discounted by their having occupied such positions for up to thirteen thousand years." ![]() ![]()
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