Walk de146 North Hessary Tor from Princetown

Vital Statistics:

Length:	4¾mls (7.5km)
Ascent:	525ft (160m)
Time:	2¼hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk de146:

Princetown  -  North Hessary Tor  -  Rundlestone  -  Yellowmeade Farm  -  Foggintor Quarry  -  The Dartmoor Way  -  Princetown

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

1 English Dewey

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is North Hessary Tor at 517m (1696ft). North Hessary Tor is also known as an English Dewey (147th highest in England, 336th in England & Wales) The summit of North Hessary Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dartmoor Way, a 138km (86 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Buckfastleigh in Devon, England. The Dartmoor Way is waymarked by occasional signs. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dartmoor Way.

Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk de146 North Hessary Tor from Princetown

In no particular order . . .

North Hessary Tor summit trig point

Photo: Pete Smith (1)

Foggintor Quarry

Photo: Bob Gordon (11)

The ruins at Foggintor Quarry

Photo: Bob Gordon (12)

North Hessary Tor summit

Photo: Bob Gordon (1)

Stone Rows near Yellowmeade Farm

Photo: Bob Gordon (10)

Dartmoor from North Hessary Tor

Photo: David Wade (1)

The path to South Hessary Tor from Princetown

Photo: Jon Eckersall (1)

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