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Name:South Hessary Tor
Hill number:17497
Height:454.1m / 1490ft
Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
Classification:Tu,4
Drop:35m
Col:419m  SX587734  
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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
1620221/10/2016SX 59715 72367  F: Granite torRichardM
Summit
Jim
3430120/02/2021SX 59715 72367  F: tor
S: 1m LIDAR
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Summit
Jim
3430220/02/2021SX 59451 73062  F: no feature
O: N top 3.4m lower (DSM-DTM)
S: 1m LIDAR
jimbloomer
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 59 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From road to E. Nice summit torRobertP20/02/2024
Part of a walk with Alma Aurea. We started near Two Bridges, walked around the Blackbrook River and up to South Hessary Tor and Cramber Tor trigpoint. /Dmeltdiceburg12/02/2024
Easy climb from the south along the path.RVC18/07/2023
6km evening walk from Princetown car park to North and South Hessary Tors.PGCE04/06/2022
Dartmoor Search & Rescue: 11 Tors Challenge 2021 South Hessary Tor>Crazy Well Pool>Black Tor>Leeden Tor>Ingra Tor>Fur Tor>Swelltor>King's Tor>Foggintor>Hollow Tor>Rundlestone Tor>North Hessary Tor Start & End @ Princetownlboutside18/09/2021
Long walk exploring the areakjg10629/08/2021
Had a couple of hours to kill in Princetown before catching a bus so had a cup of tea and some soup and walked up South Hessary Tor. A leaden pall hung over the moor but at least the rain had stopped unlike the previous day.Herbert Anchovy08/08/2021
Not exactly a hard walk but there's a nice view.LovableScum20/03/2021
Easy run up from Princetown.isabelle27/10/2019
Parked to SSE and walked and gently scrambled to the summit next to the metal pole marking the boundary between the Walkhampton estate and Duchy of Cornwall land.Nick Down118/07/2019
With Jo, from parking area to SSE. Continued walk to Cramber Tor trig and also visited the environs of the disused Whiteworks Tin Mine. Weather; sunny, warm with good visibility.amblerbob09/04/2019
Up from Feathers campsite at Princetown, before breakfast, good path all way and nice easy scramble up the tornordicstar01/04/2019
Quickly up and back before breakfast. A good start to the month.jenx01/04/2019
after Trigpoint, lots of young walkers training fro 10 tors out todaycjo30/03/2019
From parking area on minor road south of Princetown. Good path running N to this tor, then over rough ground for a km for the trig pilar. Weather remains blisteringly hot with no breeze.jonglew25/06/2018
Straight up on thready path across access land from the lane to the NE.Moorponder22/06/2018
1/11 (South Hessary Tor/Bellever Tor/Laughter Tor/Sharp Tor/Hayne Down/Pepperdon Down/Blackingstone Rock/Nattadown Common/Meldon Hill/Uppacot Down/Piddledown Common)Fergalh07/10/2017
1km walk on gravel path from road near plume and feathers inn, Princetown. HP on n side of tor, also rusty metal post further S. Did not visit Trig on this occasion.Denise 21/10/2016
Upgraded path (cycle route?) from Princetown. A delightful little tor, N top slightly higher than S top. Other visits on:- 23-10-1983, 07-05-1984,RichardM21/10/2016
Dartmoor Crossingbenwloudon23/07/2016
Cloudy, bits of rain and a wind that was like ice blowing from the south west. Still an easy walk along the path from behind the plume of feathers pub. Continued on towards Nun's cross before returning along the same pathfostersm11/01/2015
Verge parking to south east after disused quarry. Access to the open access from here involves either negotiating the old stones in the quarry then a barbed wire fence .... or just the fence if hopping over from the road.moorsman20/08/2014
Revisit for Myrddyn's newly discovered 454m summit, a nice tor with some decent scrambling although the ascent from the S side is just a walk. From NE, parking in small disused quarry.RHW12/04/2014
On way to local pillar. In and out car. Very quick.Dusty08/04/2014
Clarify dates, Cotswold trainingN.Morters01/05/2013
Visited whilst geocaching.CornishGazza04/02/2012
With Lesley from Princetown -circular walk over North Hessary Tor - Great Mis Tor -Roos Tor - Great Staple tor - Merrivale and round te old quarries to add out and back to south Hessary Tor. B&B at Postbridge for 3 nights.Chris Pearson20/02/2009
Letterboxing.PK109/04/2006
(old 453m summit:) dullish tussocky summit. b/w from NW, parking in pub car park briefly if not busyRHW05/09/2004
Visited during Ten Tors 2002 route D. Unlikely we visited the actual summit.stripybadger11/05/2002
Day 1 of circular walk from Princetown. Wild camp near aquaduct (GR 573714) via south Hessary Tor (454), Trig Point (GR 593713), Nuns cross Farm (406), Carzy Well Pool (370), Stone ROwm, Leeden Tor(389), Inger Tor (389)PGT197525/03/2000
Wet days walk before the mountaineering club's annual dinner.Swindon Bagger06/11/1999
K With Richard in the snowcrazy05/02/1994
Retrospectively logged. Date recorded in a copy of The A to Z of Dartmoor Tors by Terry Bound. In the days long before web site such as this. In most cases only first visits are recorded.Anthony Vosper03/07/1991
Andy West05/09/2021
Matt12/07/2021
ooo08/03/2019
carole engel23/06/2018
ooo12/05/2018
mae08/10/2017
MM02/09/2016
hillplodder05/01/2015
bwm25/08/2014
paulm07/06/2014
KatieJayne12/05/2013
RocksRock08/09/2012
Lesley Atchison22/02/2009
Chris P02/12/2008
kaizerlard20/10/2008
andrew.allum01/01/2000