List of hills of Devon

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This is a list of hills in Devon. Many of these peaks are important historical, archaeological and nature conservation sites, as well as popular hiking and tourist destinations in the county of Devon in southwest England.

Colour key[edit]

Class Prominence
Marilyns 150 – 599 m
HuMPs 100 – 149 m
TuMPs 30 – 99 m
Unclassified 0 – 29 m

The table is colour-coded based on the classification or "listing" of the mountain or hill. The types that occur in Devon are Marilyns, HuMPs and TuMPs, listings based on topographical prominence. "Prominence" correlates strongly with the subjective significance of a summit. Peaks with low prominences are either subsidiary tops of a higher summit or relatively insignificant independent summits. Peaks with high prominences tend to be the highest points around and likely to have extraordinary views.

A Marilyn is a hill with a prominence of at least 150 metres or about 500 feet.[1] A "HuMP" (the acronym comes from "Hundred Metre Prominence) is a hill with a prominence of at least 100 but less than 150 metres.[2] In this table Marilyns are in beige and HuMPs in lilac. A "TuMP" as defined here is a hill with a prominence of at least 30 but less than 100 metres. The term "sub-Marilyn" or "sub-HuMP" is used, e.g. in the online Database of British and Irish Hills to indicate hills that fall just below the threshold. To qualify for inclusion, hills must either be 400 metres or higher with a prominence of at least 30 metres, below 400 metres with a prominence of at least 90 metres (the threshold for a sub-HuMP) or be in some other way notable.

For further information see the Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles and the individual articles on Marilyns, HuMPs, and TuMPs; by way of contrast, see also the article listing Tumps (a traditional term meaning a hillock, mound, barrow or tumulus).

List of mountains and hills[edit]

In the UK and Ireland, a mountain is usually taken to be at least 2,000 feet high. By that definition, Devon has two mountains: High Willhays and Yes Tor.

Hill Height (m) Prom. (m) Grid ref. Class Parent Range/Region Remarks Image
High Willhays[3] 621 537 SX580892 Marilyn, Simm, Hewitt, Nuttall, HuMP, TuMP, Devon county top (historical and current) High Street[4] Dartmoor Devon's county top.

Highest point of Dartmoor.
Large cairn on rock tor at summit. Mountain.

Yes Tor[3] 619 24 SX580901 Sub-Simm, Nuttall, Buxton & Lewis High Willhays Dartmoor Second highest point on Dartmoor.

Trig point on rock tor at summit. Mountain.

Cut Hill[3] 603 90 SX598827 Simm, Dewey, Sub-HuMP, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Joint third highest point in Devon.

Grassy mound at summit.

Hangingstone Hill[3] 603 48 SX617861 Simm, Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Joint third highest point in Devon.

Small cairn on mound of grass and stones 10m N of stone hut.

Great Links Tor[3] 589 112 SX550867 HuMP, Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Rock by trig point.
Amicombe Hill
(Kitty Tor)[3] 		585 36 SX566872 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Rock tor by flagpole.
Black Hill (North-West Dartmoor)[3] 584 23 SX604846 Sub-Dewey High Willhays Dartmoor Small cairn on flat summit area.
Cosdon Hill[3] 550 82 SX636915 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit at rim of hollow 8m NW of trig point.
Brown's House Top[3] 539 27 SX614804 Sub-Dewey High Willhays Dartmoor Flat, grassy summit.
Great Mis Tor[3] 538 81 SX562769 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit marked by rock next to range warning flagpole on rock tor.
Sittaford Tor[3] 538 22 SX633830 sub-Dewey High Willhays Dartmoor Grassy mound at summit.
Hameldown,

Hamel Down[3]

532 97 SX705799 Dewey, sub-HuMP, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit is on rim of hollowed tumulus 8m from modern stone sign. Trig point, 700m away, is 2m lower.
Steeperton Tor[3] 532 31 SX618887 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit on top of rock tor.
Hare Tor[3] 531 26 SX550842 Sub-Dewey High Willhays Dartmoor Summit on ground by concreted iron ring about 2m from flagpole.
Higher White Tor[3] 527 49 SX619785 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit cairn.
North Hessary Tor[3] 517 63 SX578742 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Trig point at summit on rock tor.
Ryder's Hill[3] 515 109 SX659690 Dewey, HuMP, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit on embedded rock 2 m from trig point.
Beardown Tors[3] 513 32 SX602773 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit at SE top of W rock tor.
East Mill Tor[3] 513 26 SX599898 Sub-Dewey High Willhays Dartmoor Flat rock slab summit.
White Ridge[3] 506 50 SX648821 Dewey, TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Featureless summit.
Assycombe Hill[3] 497 56 SX665820 TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Edge of Fernworthy Forest. Stone rows and other signs of ancient settlement.
Hookney Tor[3] 497 22 SX699813 Unclassified High Willhays Dartmoor On the Two Moors Way.
Hound Tor[3] 495 20 SS732368 Unclassified High Willhays Dartmoor Tor close to track between Hangingstone Hill and Cosdon Hill
Five Barrows Hill[3] 493 81 SX628890 TuMP Dunkery Beacon Exmoor Summit is 2m N of trig point on tumulus
Penn Moor[3] 493 41 SX602645 TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit about 100m NNE of trig point.
Birch Tor[3] 487 35 SX686815 TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Tor on open moorland.

Two Moors Way runs past the summit aboutg 300m to the N.
Extensive signs of ancient settlement, including tumulus, stone row, disused mine and Bennett's Cross

Quickbeam Hill[3] 481 35 SX653654 TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Open summit with tumulus and Petre's Cross

Two Moors Way circles the summit from SW to NE; a track branches off to the summit. Extensive signs of ancient settlement, including cairn circle, barrows, crosses and a "blowing house"

Belstone Tor[3] 479 47 SX614920 TuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Tor on open moorland summit surrounded by crags

Irishman's Wall runs past about 100m to the south; a N-S track passes the summit about 400m to the W.
Extensive signs of ancient settlement in the area, including Nine Stones.

Rippon Tor[3] 476 118 SX746755 HuMP High Willhays Dartmoor Summit is the slab of rock 4m ENE of trig point

Car park on B3387 about 600 m N of the summit.
Track to the summit from junction of B road and minor road about 500 m NW of summit.
Cairns and logan stone near the top.

Shoulsbarrow Common[3] 476 118 SS709392 TuMP Dunkery Beacon Exmoor Summit at fence junction

A hillfort, Shoulsbury Castle lies on the western slopes of the hill
There is a trig point about 250 m SW of the summit.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. Parts of Dartmoor are military training areas which means the peaks in these areas are only accessible to the public at certain times.
  2. The following summit(s) have been omitted from the table as they are sub-peaks, as per the UIAA definition[5] or alternative names of hills in the main list:

References and footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Dawson, Alan (1992). The Relative Hills of Britain. Milnthorpe: Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-068-4. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010.
  2. ^ Jackson, Mark. "More Relative Hills of Britain" (PDF). Relative Hills of Britain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Name, height, prominence, grid and class data from: Database of British and Irish Hills, retrieved 8-9 Jul 2016. Also parent data and summit description unless otherwise stated.
  4. ^ Jackson, Mark (2009). More Relative Hills of Britain, Marilyn News Centre, UK.
  5. ^ The UIAA classify peaks with a drop of less than 30m as subpeaks.
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