Burra Tor
Burra Tor is a locality in Sheepstor, West Devon District, England. Burra Tor is situated nearby to the locality Windstrew, as well as near the hamlet Sheepstor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burrator Reservoir and Church of St Leonard, Sheepstor.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meavy and Dousland.
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.
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. Yelverton is situated 2 miles west of Burra Tor.
Burra Tor
- Type: Locality
- Location: Sheepstor, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.49323° or 50° 29′ 36″ northLongitude
-4.04228° or 4° 2′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C2QFXV5+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 7567158447OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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