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 near the locality Hawthorn Clitter, as well as near Hew Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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.

Batworthy

Hamlet

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Batworthy is a village in Devon, England.

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″ north

Longitude

-3.9424° or 3° 56′ 33″ west

Elevation

1,624 feet (495 metres)

Open location code

9C2RM3M5+R2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 326053647

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12624730

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hawthorn Clitter and Hew Down.

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Highlights: Gallaven Mire and White Moor Stone.

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