TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser & well-known rocks and outcrops
Higher TorMudge's Belstone Tor ![]() A very good tor on Belstone Common, and part of Belstone Tors, there is a sensational tor formation here. Whilst modern Ordnance Survey maps place Higher Tor south of the ridge summit where Belstone Tor resides, that was not always the case. ![]() The survey of Devon, by Lieutenant Colonel William Mudge, in 1809, named the summit "Higher Tor" and placed Belstone where Higher is now. ![]() Whilst it makes sense that the highest point on the ridge would be named "Higher" later surveys were amended and this is now the accepted location. ![]()
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