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Name: | Hookney Tor |
Hill number: | 7780 |
Height: | 497m / 1631ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2877 High Willhays |
RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Dartmoor |
County/UA: | Devon |
Catchment: | Dart, Catchment Boundaries, Teign |
Class: | Sub490-499m hill (s4) |
Grid ref: | SX 69906 81317 |
Summit feature: | rock slab |
Drop: | 24m |
Col: | 473m SX704811 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 191 (1:25k) OL28N |
Observations: | tor at SX 69865 81292 is 15cm lower; summit may be a tumulus which if correct then the tor would be the natural summit |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 74 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
from Grimspound, strong wind so didn't walk far! | emily | 30/12/2023 |
Via Grimspound | PeteF | 29/07/2023 |
First on a 4 hill loop around Challacombe. Arrived via Shapney Tor from car park on B road to the north. | fnem | 29/11/2022 |
Quick bag from NW on a sunny pm. Both summits | RHW | 15/04/2022 |
Hamel Down, Hookney Tor (tumulus and tor), Challacombe Down from near Firth Bridge. | RobertP | 02/02/2022 |
Hookney Tor, then via Grimspound to Hameldown (Trig and summit) from Firth Bridge. A lovely sunny end to the day with glorious views across Dartmoor. 4km with 200m ascent in just an hour. Solo. | silveracorn_alan | 01/08/2021 |
Another tick on the route of the Two Moors Way. | Newton Maximus | 18/09/2020 |
Hameldown Tor > Hameldown (Hamel Down) > Hameldown Tor > Hookney Tor from GR: SX 69753 80864 | ronaldo333 | 20/10/2019 |
Hameldown Tor > Hameldown (Hamel Down) > Hameldown Tor > Hookney Tor from GR: SX 69753 80864 | Hippster | 20/10/2019 |
A short walk from the road to the NW. Watched a group of five Dartmoor ponies and two foals, and clambered on the four tors leading down the hillside from the summit. | Nick Down1 | 13/07/2019 |
P Bennett's Cross; Birch Tor, Hookney Tor, Hamel Down & Challacombe Down with Fiona. | agentmancuso | 07/07/2019 |
Round of Hookney Tor, Hameldown Tor, Hamel Down, Challacombe Down and Birch Tor. With Jenx and Bryher on a glorious day | nordicstar | 29/03/2019 |
Some interesting things to see. Grimpound, Stone row, and old mining scars. | jenx | 29/03/2019 |
On my 100 tors in 25 hours. After Shapley Tor then decided to juggle the plan and go direct to King Tor and miss out the detour and climb to indistinct boulders making up Hameldown Tor which I had receed a few days ago. Nice long grassy jog followed down to Natsworthwy Manor. | Chris Pearson | 22/07/2018 |
Fun scrambling on the Tor with Flook the hound, with L filming his prowess. For an unusual night out it would be possible to sleep / bivi inside one of the stone circle houses at Grimspound, on a raised area where it is believed our Bronze Age anscetors slept 3000 years ago. | Chris Pearson | 17/07/2018 |
Short round of 4 Dartmoor tors. From Birch Tor, on the Hameldown. | jonglew | 22/06/2018 |
Parked at roadside near brow of hill and went up Hookney Tor, across to Hameldown then straight doen and across the road and up Challacombe Down and completed the round with Birch Tor. Paths nearly all the way. | clivevilla | 14/11/2017 |
With Richie. Parked to NW from where it was a short walk. Then on to the Bronze Age settlement of Grimspound for lunch and up on to Hameldown. Clear weather but strong wind and showers. | Herbert Anchovy | 12/11/2017 |
With Herbert. Parked to NW from where it was a short walk. Then on to the Bronze Age settlement of Grimspound for lunch and up on to Hameldown. Clear weather but strong wind and showers. | Richard Lawrenc | 12/11/2017 |
outcropping granite slab on lovely sunny day. ripe bilberries, en route to Hameldown from Birch Tor. | Denise | 13/08/2017 |
Path from Birch Tor, granite slab breaking through grass/billberry/heather. Tor to SW slightly lower. | RichardM | 13/08/2017 |
Came over from Birch Tor. Visited Shapley Tor (487m)on the way -one of Terry Bound's A to Z of Dartmoor Tors ( ISBN 0 946651 43 4) | Dangerous Dave | 12/06/2017 |
Chagford Challenge 21 miles | benwloudon | 09/10/2016 |
6 hour walk on a gloriously hot summer's day out along the Two Moors Way with Lesley and Flook the energetic German Pointer dog from our pet sitting cottage at Chagford. Flook bounded around in loops but obediently came back and never bothered sheep,cows or a foal which came close to sniff him proving so far to be the perfect hill dog ,although time will tell? He did give us one shock by bounding off the summit tor down its steep face with ease. | Chris Pearson | 06/08/2016 |
13/14 of long but satisfying hill bagging day (Hay Tor/Rippen Tor/Top Tor/Chinkwell Tor/Hound Tor/Heatree Down/Easdon Tor/Black Hill/Mardon Down/Birch Tor/Challacombe Down/Hamel Down/Hookney Tor/Cornden Tor | Fergalh | 13/06/2015 |
Ample parking at Firth Bridge from where a good track leads up to the summit col. At the top turn north up another clearly defined track. | moorsman | 21/08/2014 |
My second Hill of the day and the first that the Two moors way actually goes over. I started the day at Drewesteignton so it was a long walk and therefore I didnt deviate from the trail until I got to Birch Tor. I clambered all over the summit area. The weather was changeable with dark clouds gathering and brief spotlights of sunshine. Such an evocative view with Grimspound lying in the col that separates it from Hameldown. I could spend hours just climbing up and over the rocky tors here. I am sure I will be back again! | Dazingdale | 25/03/2014 |
Parked to NW. Over and down to the col where there is an excellent late Bronze Age settlement - Grimspound - then on to 3653. Fine walk. | destaylor | 28/11/2013 |
With CP JO and LP | garth87 | 23/11/2013 |
Bagged this one after Hameldown Tor. Pleasant days walking just the odd spot of rain on the way back. | derlan | 08/09/2013 |
Bagged on a gorgeous sunny day. Went caching in Bovey Tracey first to try and find BTT2 but no joy. Took a wrong turn and ended up at Broad Barrow before turning back and taking in Hameldown Tor, Hookney Tor and King Tor. | Stephenfarmer | 30/06/2013 |
In the snow with Daniel | PK1 | 10/03/2013 |
8 mile circular from widecombe in the Moor bagging Hookney Tor and Hameldown. | DanTrig | 21/07/2012 |
With Jo, circular walk from Bennett’s Cross: paths to Challacombe Medieval Village, Two Moors Way, Hameldown Beacon, Top, Cross and Tor, King Tor, Hookney Tor, Shapley Tor, Birch Tor. Weather; generally overcast, cool wind, very good visibility. | amblerbob | 16/05/2012 |
CUHWC Dartmoor Trip. A second long day. Again, really fantastic. For description of route, see, for example, Hamel Down. | AGWilliamson | 12/02/2012 |
Circuit from Bennett's Cross (AA Dartmoor Walks No 28) with deviations to summits. | milimana | 19/02/2010 |
A long walk from Bellever, taking in Hameldon, Hockney Tor, Challacombe Down, Birch Tor, Merripit Hill, Assycombe Hill and White Ridge. | Jake994 | 01/08/2006 |
Tor bagging | PK1 | 01/05/2006 |
On way to Broad Barrow. Very windy. | Aye Jimmy | 04/04/1994 |
While visiting Grimspound on way to Cornwall DS | Fred Windsor | 01/06/1992 |
On Two Moors Way. | arranc | 09/03/1985 |
Letterboxing | crazy | blank |
Joel451 | 30/10/2023 | |
RVC | 14/05/2023 | |
Swindon Bagger | 17/12/2022 | |
Andy West | 17/10/2021 | |
decibel | 16/07/2021 | |
davefh | 24/04/2021 | |
Matt | 14/10/2020 | |
isabelle | 25/05/2020 |