TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser & well-known rocks and outcrops
Lydford TorLidford Tor ![]() A large granite tor with repetitive horizontal jointing, holding a wonderful vantage point looking south-east to Beardown Tors, with Longaford and Littaford Tors behind, south of a wall. ![]() Eric Hemery, when comparing this tor to Devil's Tor; "South of the wall, and in marked contrast to its northerly neighbour described above, rises Lydford Tor (1,686 feet). Although its rocks attain to no great height, the dense clitter on the south-west side provides evidence of its former size." ![]() The Lich (Lych) Way passes nearby, its significance being that this is the only tor within the vicinity of the path, and so the only landmark from the village of Lydford, which is likely where the name of the tor originated from. ![]()
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