North Hessary Tor, Princetown

Name: North Hessary Tor
Address: Princetown, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Princetown

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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North Hessary Tor is a 517 metres hill just above Dartmoor Prison, in Princetown within Dartmoor Forest civil parish, which is in the borough of West Devon, Devon, England. The tor is one of the boundary points mentioned in the perambulations of the Forest of Dartmoor. ()

Coordinates: 50°33'1"N, 4°0'27"W

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Princetown United Kingdom

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North Hessary Tor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: HM Prison Dartmoor, Church of St Michael, Dartmoor crosses, Dartmoor kistvaens.

0.5 miE
History museum, Museum
HM Prison Dartmoor, Princetown
13 min walk • HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite walls dominate this area of the moor.
0.6 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St Michael, Princetown
15 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Michael in Princetown, Devon, England was built between 1810 and 1814. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
1.2 miN
Archaeological site
Dartmoor crosses, Princetown
30 min walk • The Dartmoor crosses are a series of stone crosses found in Dartmoor National Park in the centre of Devon, England. Many of them are old navigational aids, needed because of the remoteness of the moorland and its typically bad weather.
1.2 miN
Locality
Dartmoor kistvaens, Dartmoor National Park
30 min walk • Dartmoor kistvaens are burial tombs or cists from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, i.e. from c 2500 BC to c 1500 BC. Kistvaens have been found in many places, including Dartmoor, a 954 km² area of moorland in south Devon, England.