Sharpitor
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. The main authority is "Dartmoor Tors and Rocks" by Ken Ringwood.Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,362 feet
- Description: tor in Lustleigh, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sharpitor (Lustleigh)” and “Sharpitor (Walkhampton)”
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.
Down Tor
Peak
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Down Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, England, at GR 581694, height 366 metres, overlooking Burrator Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meavy and Princetown.
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.
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.
Yelverton
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yelverton is a large village on the south-western edge of Dartmoor, Devon, in England. It is in the civil parish of Buckland Monachorum. According to the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,858, which was slightly more than the 1,810 recorded at the 2011 census.
Sharpitor
- Categories: tor and landform
- Location: Walkhampton, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.5151° or 50° 30′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.0331° or 4° 1′ 59″ westElevation
1,362 feet (415 metres)Open location code
9C2QGX88+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 571598060OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q3481542
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Sharpitor” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Шарпитор”
- Cebuano: “Sharpitor”
- Dutch: “Sharpitor”
- French: “Sharpitor”
- Swedish: “Sharpitor”
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