TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser- & well-known rocks and outcrops
Withy Tree Clitters On the western edge of the Cherry Brook basin near Powdermills, just as the Lich Way ascends Stinnons Hill, you'll find an extensive crescent shaped rock-field to the south that Eric Hemery tells us is called 'Withy Tree Clitters'.  The clitter, containing some substantial boulders in the lower southern section, sits directly below Littaford Tors, evidence that the outcrops atop the ridge were once larger than they are today.  Hemery also states that; "...the withy trees grow only in the densest clitter and do not reach the north verge", but a 'withy' is known as the tough, flexible branch of a willow that is traditionally used for thatching and farming and this location possesses only about a dozen Rowan trees whose branches are matured and contorted in a manner that would make them unsuitable for that purpose. It could just be poetic license but if willows existed when Hemery visited, they have since disappeared. 
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