Hen Tor

This was just one of those times when only a walk would do. I had to get out, the weather wasn’t great but I managed to visit some new spots and tors. Plus I finally visited the other side of the Plym from Ditsworthy Warren House! The walk back following the leat which runs parallel to the River Plym was very boggy in places and I should have stayed higher up the hill and returned over the Trowlesworthy Tors.

Start – near Cadover Bridge
Route – Trowlesworthy Warren Farm – Little Trowlesworthy TorGreat Trowlesworthy TorHen TorShavercombe Tor – Willings Walls Warren – Trowlesworthy Warren Farm
Distance – 4.5miles    Start time – 18.45pm     Time taken – 2 1/2 hrs    Highest Point – Hen Tor 414m
Weather – Cloudy but warm

© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
© Crown copyright 2014 Ordnance Survey FL 2014 SF
River Plym at the start of the walk
Looking up to the Trowlesworthy Tors from the farm
And looking back to the farm
Little Trowlesworthy Tor nearest and Great behind
The River Plym snaking below as I looking towards Eylesbarrow and beyond to central Dartmoor from Little Trowlesworthy Tor
Looking back to Little Trowlesworthy Tor from Great Trowlesworthy and beyond to Legis Tor
Shell Top left and Penn Beacon right from Great Trowlesworthy Tor
Lee Moor Clay works from Great Trowlesworthy Tor
Approaching Hen Tor
Looking across to Ditsworthy Warren and Gutter Tor from Hen Tor, lots of clitter below this tor
Eylesbarrow stands tallest from Hen Tor
The mounds in the foreground are rabbit warrens as I leave Shavercombe Tor
Looking back along the Plym valley with Ditsworthy Warren House left
This leat leads to the Lee Moor clay works with the Trowlesworthy farm in the trees ahead, I headed across a small clapper over the leat and descended to the farm and the car.

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