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Name: | Laughter Tor |
Hill number: | 17501 |
Height: | 421m / 1381ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2877 High Willhays |
RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Dartmoor |
County/UA: | Devon |
Catchment: | Dart |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | SX 65317 75705 |
Summit feature: | rock tor |
Drop: | 44m |
Col: | 377m SX646758 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 191 (1:25k) OL28N OL28S |
Observations: | tor to N is 20cm lower and tor to W is 100cm lower |
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 48 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From car park on road to S | RobertP | 20/02/2024 |
Parked on roadside up the road from Dunnabridge, followed rough path up to Bellever Tor before coming round through the forest tracks round to Laughter Tor and back to car park | lboutside | 19/06/2023 |
With Mike & Mary. Two car, five Tump day. Started at Bel Tor Corner CP, then over Sharp Tor, Corndon Tor, Riddon Ridge, Laughter Tor & Bellever Tor and down to the 2nd car at the CP in Postbridge. | MickyRoss | 24/12/2022 |
With CathyS & Luna. From CP SX6349677051. | masmith | 06/07/2021 |
With Jo, circular walk from Bellever: Laughter Tor and Bellever Tor (top and trig). Weather: generally cloudy with a cold wind, moderate visibility. | amblerbob | 13/04/2019 |
Dry and grey. | Dugswell2 | 31/03/2019 |
Parked roadside just E of Bellever Bridge. Short circuit, 6km, for this and Riddon Ridge. Logging track running SW from back of the Bellever car park was closed for forestry work, but no workers there today. | jonglew | 26/06/2018 |
From yh. After Bellever Tor. | Moorponder | 23/06/2018 |
3/11 (South Hessary Tor/Bellever Tor/Laughter Tor/Sharp Tor/Hayne Down/Pepperdon Down/Blackingstone Rock/Nattadown Common/Meldon Hill/Uppacot Down/Piddledown Common) | Fergalh | 07/10/2017 |
Walk up from the road with the family. Warm and cloudy no wind. Lots of flying ants. Good views. Saw Raven Crows and a Linnet. Time was an hour for 2 miles | isabelle | 26/08/2017 |
We approached over boggy ground from the Stepping Stones ( worth visiting ) to the E and then descended in a moreorless direct pathless line through gorse ( less recommended!) west to Bellever Tor. The summit has three outcropping Tors of which the SE one is highest | Denise | 13/08/2017 |
Group of low granite tors in rough grass / heather moorland. Straight forward from the E, hard going through gorse from the W. | RichardM | 13/08/2017 |
Dartmoor Rescue Charity Walk | PK1 | 19/02/2017 |
Late afternoon walk from YH where I am staying | Dusty | 25/04/2016 |
First dartmoor tor! cold and windy day. summited early afternoon | Lyle12345 | 07/02/2015 |
Easy parking at the Bellever Forestry Commission site. From here you can follow a forestry road as far as the edge of the forest then a clear track from there to the summit. | moorsman | 22/08/2014 |
Started out at Belliver forest car park and headed through the lanes between the trees around to Laughter tors before heading on to Belliver tor | fostersm | 22/11/2013 |
rocky top, snow bound. | Adrian | 10/03/2013 |
On 2nd day of CUHWC trip: Postbridge - Bellever Tor - Laughter Tor - Dartmeet - Sharp Tor - Corndon Down - Hamel Down - Postbridge | Mark Jackson | 12/02/2012 |
3 day trip | AJones | 26/04/2011 |
Laughter Tor (a misnomer today) 400m top & Bellever Tor 400m top - more substantial hourish outing with Darren from SW in rain and bog and mist -wet feet & all over damp feel . Getting more like OMM training. | Chris Pearson | 07/08/2010 |
Tor Bagging | PK1 | 12/03/2006 |
Visited a few times from Bellever via Bellever Tor. | Jake994 | 27/07/2005 |
On Dartmoor north to south traverse route | Hillsidenick | 31/05/2005 |
nice summit & view. good tk from SW (limited parking) | RHW | 05/09/2004 |
A pre New Years walk with family and friends. 
Recorded in Terry Bound's A-Z of Dartmoor Tors. | Anthony Vosper | 30/12/2002 |
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Andy West | 17/04/2021 | |
Matt | 15/10/2020 | |
Tony S | 06/04/2019 | |
mnixon | 10/03/2019 | |
carole engel | 28/06/2018 | |
thevetchlings | 19/05/2018 | |
mae | 08/10/2017 | |
dhulmes | 01/07/2017 | |
pwithnall | 30/11/2014 | |
Machyde | 15/10/2013 | |
KatieJayne | 10/05/2012 | |
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KM | 05/08/2011 | |
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