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Name: | Penn Moor |
Hill number: | 7782 |
Height: | 493m / 1617ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2877 High Willhays |
RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Dartmoor |
County/UA: | Devon |
Catchment: | Tamar, Catchment Boundaries |
Watershed: | Plymouth Sound |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | SX 60295 64594 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground c 100m NNE of trig point |
Drop: | 41m |
Col: | 452m SX618667 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 202 (1:25k) OL20W OL28S |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 28 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Walked from Whiteworks to Hartor, then Erme Pits, around to Penn Moor trig, back via Hen Tor. 30km. This was the main summit, tussocks and boggy much of the way on this more outlying bit. Solo. /D | meltdiceburg | 27/02/2022 |
Camped on Shell Top after visiting. Would advise against walking south east from Ditsworthy Warren House. Not very nice terrain. | LovableScum | 14/06/2021 |
Trackside parking at SX 6075 6118, there are spaces for 2 cars here. From East Rook Gate, at start of access land, there's a fairly clear track all the way to the summit, but it's still a 4km slog across grass moorland - 2 trig pillars en-route to enliven the experience. | jonglew | 31/03/2019 |
From East Rook Gate following moorman's helpful note on car space on the unpromising track. Via Penn Beacon and Shell Top. Ponies galore. | squeegs | 29/10/2016 |
Up from East Rook Gate, fine moorland walking with expansive views. Levelish summit with rough grass and a little heather. high point 100m NNE of trig. Starting to rain. 
Other visits on:- 
24-05-1981, | RichardM | 09/05/2016 |
on way home from Plymouth. visited trig ( damaged) as well. cairn. rain threatens. | Denise | 09/05/2016 |
Walk up from East Rook Gate. It was wet windy and misty. The summit was marked by at rig point although some knolls where I believe slightly higher. I saw a Frog plenty of Golden Plover, Snipe & a few Skylarks | isabelle | 20/02/2016 |
5/8 Long walk up from car park to south, saw dead horse on way ! | Fergalh | 31/05/2015 |
Room for a single car at the end of the metalled road leading to East Rook Gate (606615).Although not shown on the map as such you can drive to within 200m of the moor gate. pass through the gate, turn left to follow the wall and, after 200m, pick up a good track all the way to the summit .... the second trig point. | moorsman | 23/08/2014 |
Parked on the Cornwood road and walked up past Lee Moor quarry and up onto the ridge taking in Penn Beacon and Shell top | fostersm | 14/07/2014 |
4 hours & 4 400s on Dartmoor with Darren. 
A dreadful morning of constant heavy rain and strong winds – excellent Karrimor training weather. Got soaked through (bloody waterproofs) on a 20 + km circuit / run of 4 awkward to link 400m tops. 
Penn Moor top easy ascent from se – 2 trigs – boggy on top – then a long cross country rough leg on a bearing, some tussocks& bog, picking up any animal tracks or easier bits. rain got steadily worse. Stone Row – strange features. Paddled across river – only calf deep would it be too deep further downstream where we had to re-cross? Helped a D of E group (Gold) who were looking for the old railway higher up which we led them to (and promised not to tell the Duke). | Chris Pearson | 11/08/2010 |
moorland, wide wild view. 17mi a/c/w circuit from Harford Moor car pk, mix of good running & tussocks | RHW | 26/08/2005 |
Adrian | 03/03/2024 | |
Andy West | 18/09/2022 | |
Matt | 08/07/2021 | |
mae | 05/09/2020 | |
MM | 01/09/2016 | |
Dusty | 25/04/2016 | |
hillplodder | 12/09/2015 | |
Steve Q | 09/05/2015 | |
carole engel | 28/05/2013 | |
stevent0809 | 16/12/2012 | |
KatieJayne | 14/02/2011 | |
ajwxyzt | 30/04/2004 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
beorwulf | 22/05/1963 | |
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Dan01 | blank |