Hound Tor
Hound Tor is a peak in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, England and has an elevation of 1,624 feet. Hound Tor is situated nearby to the locality Hawthorn Clitter, as well as near Hew Down.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor and Scorhill.
Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor
Archaeological site
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stone circle and cairn 330m south of Little Hound Tor is an archaeological site.
Scorhill
Photo: Paul Bedson, CC0.
Scorhill Stone Circle is now the common name for Gidleigh Stone Circle or Steep Hill Stone Circle, one of Devon's biggest and most intact stone circles, situated on Gidleigh Common near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom.
Cosdon Hill
Peak
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cosdon Hill, also called Cosdon Beacon, or Cawsand Beacon, is one of the highest hills on Dartmoor, in Devon, England. It has numerous traces of prehistoric occupation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Batworthy and Rowtor Target Railway.
Rowtor Target Railway
Locality
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches.
Gidleigh
Hamlet
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gidleigh is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Located within Dartmoor National Park, the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Throwleigh, Chagford and Dartmoor Forest.
Hound Tor
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,624 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Dartmoor Forest, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.68456° or 50° 41′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.9424° or 3° 56′ 33″ westElevation
1,624 feet (495 metres)Open location code
9C2RM3M5+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 326053647OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12624730
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