Hameldown Tor
Hameldown Tor is a granite tor on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is at grid reference SX7031380571. It is situated above the Bronze Age settlement of
Widecombe. This ridge forms part of the central route of the Two Moors Way. Hameldown Tor has fantastic far reaching views and is one of the tallest tors in this part of Dartmoor. It has a trig point on the highest point of the ridge at 1736ft (529m).[1]
The tor is also the site of a memorial to four crew members of an RAF bomber who were killed in a crash in 1941. The pilot's mother had the memorial erected the year after the crash.[1][2]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781783621507. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ Youlden, Mary (15 March 2015). "Remembering RAF men who died on Dartmoor". The Exeter Daily. Retrieved 12 May 2016.