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Sharp Tor is a common name given to
tor Tor, TOR or ToR may refer to: Places * Toronto, Canada ** Toronto Raptors * Tor, Pallars, a village in Spain * Tor, former name of Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city * Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano * Tor Bay, Devon, England * Tor ...
s (outcrops), particularly on
Dartmoor Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England. The moorland and surrounding land has been protected by National Park status since 1951. Dartmoor National Park covers . The granite that forms the uplands dates from the Carb ...
and
Bodmin Moor Bodmin Moor () is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geology, geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough To ...
. All the "Sharp Tors" are listed below with their location and height: *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (Southern Dartmoor, on Ugborough Moor) - 414m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (Dartmeet, on Dartmoor) - 380m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (North West Dartmoor, Nr
Lydford Lydford, sometimes spelled Lidford, is a village and civil parish, in Devon, north of Tavistock on the western fringe of Dartmoor in the West Devon district. The parish covers an area of , and at the 2021 census had a population of 370. The ...
) - 519m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (North east Dartmoor, Nr
Drewsteignton Drewsteignton is a village, civil parish and former manor within the administrative area of West Devon, England, also lying within the Dartmoor National Park. It is located in the valley of the River Teign, west of Exeter and south east of O ...
, Teign Gorge) - 222m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (East Dartmoor, Nr Chinkwell Tor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor) - 418m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (West Dartmoor, Nr
Peter Tavy Peter Tavy () is a village along the A386, northeast of Tavistock, Devon, England. It is named after the River Tavy The Tavy () is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The name derives from the Brythonic languages, Brythonic root , once ...
) - 340m *Sharp Tor - Dartmoor (Tavy Cleave, on Dartmoor) - 440m *Sharp Tor - Bodmin Moor (Near Minions, on Langstone Downs) - 366m *Sharp Tor - Salcombe (Nr Bolt Head,
South Devon South Devon is the southern part of Devon, England. Because Devon has its major population centres on its two coasts, the county is divided informally into North Devon and South Devon.For exampleNorth DevonanSouth Devonnews sites. In a narrower s ...
) - 123m Sharpitors may also be included in which two extra tors are added to the list: *Sharpitor - Dartmoor (South west Dartmoor, Nr Burrator Reservoir) - 402m *Sharpitor - Dartmoor (North east Dartmoor, Nr
Lustleigh Lustleigh is a small village and civil parish in the Wray Valley, inside the Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. It is between the towns of Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead. The village has often been named in various publications as be ...
) - 246m


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Bodmin Moor Tors of Dartmoor {{Devon-geo-stub