Dartmoor: Solving the Hare Tor and Clay Tor Conundrums

Clay Tor (Hemery)

I've been holding off writing this blog post for a while now because it involves two Dartmoor conundrums, both involving author William Crossing, which need to be explained fully for the reader to grasp what we're discussing here, so I'll try my best but at times if you fall asleep or get a headache, don't feel bad as I'm still trying to unpick quotes from the literature too!

Please note: I will be picking out the most important bits of information from the Tors of Dartmoor website, which goes into more detail if you're interested.

Dartmoor: The Tors East of Peter Tavy

Smeardon Down Tors

Today was always going to be a hot one, not least the fact that although a short walk, we had to be mindful of not only ourselves but also the Dogs - they do not like the heat and it really can be dangerous for them. Nevertheless, taking this into consideration, probably less than we should've, we parked up below Little Cox Tor near Higher Godsworthy, to start the walk.