Down Tor
Down Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, England, at GR 581694, height 366 metres, overlooking Burrator Reservoir.Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crazywell Pool and Burrator Reservoir.
Crazywell Pool
Lake
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crazywell Pool or Crazy Well Pool is a large pond situated about 3 km south of Princetown just off the path between Burrator and Whiteworks on the western side of Dartmoor, Devon, England at grid reference SX582705.
Burrator Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Jolly Janner, Public domain.
Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the southern side of Dartmoor in Devon, England. It is part of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park to supply drinking water to the city of Plymouth and other rapidly growing towns in the surrounding lowlands.
Yellowmead stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yellowmead stone circle near Sheepstor in Devon, England, is a Bronze Age concentric stone circle consisting of four rings of stones set within one another.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Princetown and Meavy.
Princetown
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Princetown is a village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park. At around 435 m above sea level, Princetown is the highest settlement on the moor.
Meavy
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meavy is a small village in Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. The village sits within the Dartmoor National Park.
Dousland
Village
Photo: Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dousland is a small settlement in Devon, England. It is near the A386 road at Yelverton and is 10 kilometres northeast of the city of Plymouth by road.
Down Tor
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,201 feet
- Description: tor on Dartmoor, England
- Categories: tor and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.5071° or 50° 30′ 26″ northLongitude
-4.0034° or 4° 0′ 12″ westElevation
1,201 feet (366 metres)Open location code
9C2QGX4W+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 329431692OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q1253134
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Down Tor” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crazy Well and Down Tor Stone Circle.
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