TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser- & well-known rocks and outcrops
Withecombe Rock The Tors of Dartmoor team have offered up the name of 'Withecombe Rock' for a small, shapely outcrop within the private grounds of Higher Withecombe Farm to the north of Chagford.  While it is on private land it can be seen from the road between Sands Gate Cross and Chagford Bridge at the entrance to the aforementioned farm. It appears to have supported a modest tree which has sprouted from its surface, a rather striking feature that gives this outcrop more prominence from afar. Our thanks go to Fiona Rothwell for supplying the combined close-up images below when she visited with kind permission of the farmer.  The road that passes to the west of Withecombe Rock possesses a fine boundary stone marked BS on Ordnance Survey Maps at SX 69569 89004 which is embedded into the mossy hedges that line this section of the road. On its south-east face, it is inscribed 'T' for Throwleigh and on its north-east face, 'C' for Chagford. To the west of the Rock lies Monks Withecombe which acts as both a wedding venue and a contemporary art gallery. 
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