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Great Trowlesworthy Tor

Grid Ref: SX579643

Coordinates:

-4.0023276192
50.4615049350

Height: 357m

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Tor Notes

Great Trowlesworthy Tor sits alongside it's smaller cousin on Lee Moor. The tor itself is a massive granite stack surrounded by the remains of the pink granite quarrying operation that took place there in the mid-1800s.

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Last Visitied: 21/04/2018

Difficulty: Easy. A short steady climb over fairly easy ground will get you to the top.

Parking

There are plenty of places to park to reach Little Trowlesworthy. Two populate ones are Trowlesworthy Car Park (SX563644) and Blackaton Cross (SX570631)

Bogs

There is boggy ground south of Great Trowlesworthy Tor and to the west at Blacka Brook

Ranges

Great Trowlesworthy Tor does not lie near any of the ranges

Penn Beacon & Shell Top

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Penn Beacon & Shell Top

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