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Princetown Railway Sharpitor Burrator Whiteworks South hessary Tor

2007-04-04

This is an 11 mile circular walk starting at the car park beside the visitor center in Princetown. A gate at the western end of the carpark leads out onto the Dartmoor Way. This is the track of the old railway, which you follow till it leaves the moor, ( though we cut out the loop round Kings Tor ) Then we walked up to Sharpitor, skirt the rocks due south from Leather Tor following the wall down till you meet a lane and the Devonport Leat. Follow the leat briefly before taking the track down to the clapper bridge. Go up the valley and take the right fork of the lane that takes you back out onto the moor on a rough track . The track continues right up until the path crosses from Nun's Cross. Turn left for South Hessary Tor along this well made path, then on to Princetown.

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