TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser & well-known rocks and outcrops
Foggin TorFogging Tor, Foggintor Quarry, Foggintor Quarries, Vokketorre ![]() A huge quarry has taken a bite out of the hill and the existence of an outcrop you can definitively call Foggin Tor is long lost. That said, a walk on the top reveals plenty of high cliffs that could lay claim to it. ![]() A short walk along the disused railway from Princetown, the quarry is not uninteresting and has some merit; it's very popular with both wild campers and wild swimmers alike. ![]() The extracted granite is particularly famous for being the material used to build Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, which was completed in November 1843. ![]()
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