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    This is a list of Dartmoor tors and hills. Dartmoor is a National Park in South West England that contains many granite outcrops of many different sizes...
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    (called Hey Tor by William Crossing), 457 m (1,499 ft), (grid reference SX 757771). For a more complete list see List of Dartmoor tors and hills. The high...
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    hills of Schleswig-Holstein List of hills in the Teutoburg Forest List of Birketts List of hills of Cornwall List of Dartmoor tors and hills List of hills...
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    Ten Tors is an annual weekend hike in early May, on Dartmoor, southwest England. Organized by the British Army, starting in 1960, it brings together teams...
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    the accumulation of water and repeated freezing and thawing. An example is found at Kes Tor on Dartmoor. Dating of 28 tors on Dartmoor showed that most...
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    several miles to the south. List of Dartmoor tors and hills. http://www.richni.co.uk/dartmoor/hookney. htm. "Hookney Tor". Dartmoor Walks. Retrieved 9 - 5...
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    Beardown Tors is the 14th highest summit of Dartmoor with a height of 513 metres (1,683 ft). OS OL20 Map Beardown Tors-Mountains Britain "Beardown Tors". Mountains...
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  • list enumerate and expand on notable tors. Dartmoor represents one of the largest areas of exposed granite in the United Kingdom, covering an area of...
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    The Dartmoor longhouse is a type of traditional stone-built home, typically found on the high ground of Dartmoor, in Devon, England and belonging to a...
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    High Willhays (category Tors of Dartmoor)
    exposed rock has noticeably fewer of the large feldspar megacrysts that are typical of most of Dartmoor's tors. Each of the outcrops displays lamellar bedding...
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    Quantock Hills (Will's Neck: 384 m [1,260 ft]), Blackdown Hills, Dorset Downs, Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase. Glastonbury Tor, although of only modest...
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  • the geology of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, in south-west England. Dartmoor gained national park status in 1951 but the designated area of 954 km2 (368 sq mi)...
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    The Dartmoor crosses are a series of stone crosses found in Dartmoor National Park in the centre of Devon, England. Many of them are old navigational...
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    Yes Tor /ˈjɛs/ is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres (2,031 ft) above sea level. It is one of only two wholly...
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  • Dartmoor Preservation Association (DPA) is one of the oldest environmental or amenity bodies in the UK. It was founded in 1883.: p.3  It concerns itself...
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  • of hills in the main list: Whitehorse Hill (601m), Dartmoor, subpeak of Hangingstone Hill 600 m to the N. Dawson, Alan (1992). The Relative Hills of Britain...
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    Quantock Hills, only 2 to be found on Exmoor and 58 to be found on Bodmin Moor. The Dartmoor cists are unique in that about 94% have the longer axis of the...
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    Bowerman's Nose (category Tors of Dartmoor)
    a stack of weathered granite on Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is situated on the northern slopes of Hayne Down, about a mile from Hound Tor and close to...
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    and Little Rough Tor are twin summits of a prominent ridge of granite, though there are actually three tors at the site: Showery Tor (Also known as Flat...
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    Widecombe in the Moor (category Dartmoor)
    village and large civil parish in Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. Its church is known as the Cathedral of the Moors on account of its tall...
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    Boroughbridge, Yorkshire Drizzlecombe, Dartmoor Beardown Man, Dartmoor Laughter Tor, near Two Bridges, Dartmoor Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall Five Kings, Upper...
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    Great Mis Tor is a hill with a rocky outcrop situated in Dartmoor. It has been called one of the grandest hills in Devon, and lies above the River Walkham...
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    Amicombe Hill, also known as the Devil's Dome, is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 584 metres high, it is the sixth...
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    the North Sea. Uplands in the west include Dartmoor and Exmoor in the south west and the Shropshire Hills near Wales. The approximate dividing line between...
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    Devonport Leat (category Dartmoor)
    Cowsic, the Hart Tor Brook, the River Meavy and the Blackabrook (this last apparently was the first portion to supply Plymouth Dock). Dartmoor granite was...
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    Okehampton (category Dartmoor)
    a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor, and had a population of 5,922 at...
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  • Howe, round barrow. Dartmoor kistvaens, burial tombs or cists found in Dartmoor in Devon. Fairy Toot, oval barrow. Five Marys, group of round barrows in...
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    The Great Thunderstorm (category History of Dartmoor)
    Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe-in-the-Moor in Dartmoor, Kingdom of England, took place on Sunday, 21 October 1638, when the church of St Pancras was apparently...
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    Devon (redirect from Culture of Devon)
    eight districts, and two unitary authority areas: Plymouth and Torbay. Devon has a varied geography. It contains Dartmoor and part of Exmoor, two upland...
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    summit of Dunkery Hill is the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset, England. It is also the highest point in southern England outside of Dartmoor. The...
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