Eylesbarrow

Another week and my second bus journey to Burrator, getting a habit this!! Not the weather I wanted but this is a great route, with tors, historic monuments and old farms to keep you interested. The only hard climb is to Eylesbarrow otherwise it’s all fairly simple going.

Start – Burrator Reservoir
Route – Norsworthy BridgeSnappers TorDown TorCombshead TorEylesbarrowHigher Hartor TorDrizzlecombeEastern TorDitsworthy Warren HouseGutter Tor – Sheepstor village – Burrator Reservoir
Distance – 7 miles    Start time – 11.15am     Time taken – 4 1/4 hrs    Highest Point – Eylesbarrow 454m
Weather – Cloudy some brightness at the end

© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
Down Tor, my first stop, from the road around Burrator
Snappers Tor looking back to Burrator and Leather Tor right
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Leather Tor in the sun from the climb to Down Tor
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That must be Gutter Tor!!
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Looking behind Down Tor
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Combshead Tor with Eylesbarrow behind
Looking back towards Burrator reservoir from Combshead Tor
Eylesbarrow summit
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Looking down along the grassy path to Higher Hartor Tor
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Higher Hartor Tor
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Looking down to Drizzlecombe with Ditsworthy Warren House in the trees in the distance. Bits of the River Plym can also been seen down there
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Giant’s Basin at Drizzlecombe
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The Bronze age Drizzlecombe Stone Row. This is the tallest menhir on Dartmoor at 4.5 metres tall
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Eastern Tor looking back to Higher Hartor Tor
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Hen Tor from Eastern Tor
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Ditsworthy Warren House below
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And the more traditional view of Ditsworthy Warren House
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War horses in front of Ditsworthy Warren House (in the trees). War Horse was filmed at this spot.
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Gutter Tor trig
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The ‘Gutter’ on Gutter Tor!
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Sheeps Tor
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Sheeps Tor village and cross
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Back at Burrator Reservoir looking to Peek Hill, just the short walk from here to the bus stop at the dam

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