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| Name: | Blackingstone Rock |
| Hill number: | 17516 |
| Height: | 355m / 1165ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2877 High Willhays |
| RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Dartmoor |
| County/UA: | Devon |
| Catchment: | Teign |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
| Grid ref: | SX 78646 85593 |
| Summit feature: | rock tor |
| Drop: | 54m |
| Col: | 301m SX773860  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 191 (1:25k) OL28N OL44 110 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 32 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From small car park to North. Followed path around and up to the staircase. Would have been challenging if not there. | PeterD | 09/02/2023 |
| Solo. Part of 6 tump loop. Parked in small CP to North. Anti-clockwise round path to steps. | MickyRoss | 04/08/2022 |
| From the small CP to the north. I am pretty sure I would not have got up there without the steps. | clivevilla | 23/06/2020 |
| Parked in small CP to the north. Followed clear path through the ferns around the tower of stone and up the flight of stairs. | Andrew Pearson | 04/09/2019 |
| Seen from the CP to the N amidst summer vegetation, Blackingstone looks like a Mayan temple ruin in the jungle. And the summit is a delightful spot to sit in the sun and dream. The steps are a bit of a mystery: several sources say they were built in the 1870s, and locals remember climbing them seventy years ago, but no-one seems to know who built them. | Nick Down1 | 15/07/2019 |
| Climbed as part of a summer evening stroll on the moor. | broser | 29/06/2019 |
| Metal staircase - wow! | carole engel | 27/06/2018 |
| Round of five summits from Blytheswood bunkhouse. | Moorponder | 26/06/2018 |
| 7/11 (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 |
| A surprising tump comprising a single prominent tor that rises out of nearby trees and undergrowth, with stone steps and a metal staircase to the flat top, from which there are superb views. 5 min walk from nearby carpark on marked path. | Denise | 09/08/2017 |
| My first visit to this surprisingly large but hidden tor. Path cicles anti-clockwise from the car park to excellent steps up its E side. Large flat top, great views. | RichardM | 09/08/2017 |
| Climbed with Noah. | broser | 09/12/2016 |
| What an amazing and surprising large 'secret' tor tucked away. Coarse grained granite weathered into overlapping steep slabs with horizontal breaks. Nature has the best art work. The summit steps were built in 1870. Dartmoor National Park bought the tor in 1980. There are a handful of climbs on the tor on uk climbing but I cant find out the easiest way up the summit block without the staircase? Despite donning my climbing shoes I backed off from a staircase free attempt to climb the rock left of steps -one high step rock-over move needed (4c?)on poor gritty hand holds, with easier looking but crusty lichen covered rock above -and not something I would like to reverse without the adjacent staircase - gratefully used. | Chris Pearson | 15/08/2016 |
| On circular walk with Pepperdon Down | Poolton123 | 14/11/2015 |
| With Emily & Joe, driving by we stopped and climbed to top of rock, great views, impressive spot | fnem | 12/10/2014 |
| Easy parking on the car park with a good route to the summit. Steps could be hazardous if wet. | moorsman | 19/08/2014 |
| Summit tor tamed by an old staircase - without it the summit would be a serious climb. Car park N side, then scrabbly ascent, probably easier skirting round W side | RHW | 12/04/2014 |
| Parking N of tor. Stairs to summit. | jimbloomer | 24/02/2014 |
| With Daniel and South Devon Ramblers. | PK1 | 17/11/2013 |
| nice steps up the tor. | Adrian | 14/07/2013 |
| Estimated date | isabelle | 01/07/2007 |
| Musiris | 03/02/2024 | |
| Halfdecent | 21/10/2023 | |
| Swindon Bagger | 16/12/2022 | |
| Andy West | 30/04/2022 | |
| Matt | 08/10/2020 | |
| softsquare | 30/09/2018 | |
| mae | 06/10/2017 | |
| hillplodder | 27/05/2016 | |
| andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
| anne3366 | 01/01/2000 | |
| IainT | 15/02/1996 |