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| Name: | North Hessary Tor |
| Hill number: | 3656 |
| Height: | 517m / 1696ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2877 High Willhays |
| RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Dartmoor |
| County/UA: | Devon |
| Catchment: | Dart, Catchment Boundaries, Tamar |
| Watershed: | Plymouth Sound |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey (Tu,5,Dew) |
| Grid ref: | SX 57876 74223 |
| Summit feature: | trig point on rock tor |
| Drop: | 63m |
| Col: | 454m SX575750  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 191 (1:25k) OL28N OL28S |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 151 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Quick up and down before racing the river dart in kayak. Stayed in Princetown, so thought it'd be rude not to turn a triangle red! 4km in 40 mins | Nicky C | 12/02/2024 |
| From gate to NNW up mast track to trig on top of Tor. Back along FP and over to Great Mis Tor. | PeterD | 16/08/2023 |
| ROW to NNW returning on access track to TV mast which is much easier. | PeteF | 27/07/2023 |
| Climbed from Station Road in Princetown. Stunning view suddenly appears from behind Trig Point. | RVC | 06/06/2023 |
| Kings Tor and North Hessary Tor. Circular walk with Alma Aurea. /D | meltdiceburg | 24/02/2023 |
| From carpark in Princetown to North Hessary Tor and Great Mis Tor. | dgresty | 22/09/2022 |
| Trig point. Near the TV pole, but otherwise dwarfed by nearer tors. | hannah337 | 02/09/2022 |
| Day 3 Tump Bagging in Cornwall. 5 tor tump walk. Parked in car park on B3357 under Cox tor. Visited Cox Tor, Roos Tor, Gt. Mis Tor, Nth Hes Tor and Gt. Staple Tor. | Argentum66 | 16/06/2022 |
| Parked close to gate off the B3357 and walked up the metalled TV mast road and onto a little tor bearing the trig point. After a most enjoyable day hill-bagging in the sunshine based on Princetown just below. | pwheeler | 15/06/2022 |
| 6km evening walk from Princetown car park to North and South Hessary Tors. | PGCE | 04/06/2022 |
| benwloudon | 01/05/2022 | |
| 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 @ Princetown | lboutside | 18/09/2021 |
| Long walk exploring the area | kjg106 | 29/08/2021 |
| North Hessary Tor and Great Mis Tor from Rundlestone west of Princetown. Wet and windy, low cloud on and off the summits. A round trip of 7km with 260m ascent in 1h40m. | silveracorn_alan | 30/07/2021 |
| mcbiydw2 | 20/07/2021 | |
| From phone box up track building site keep out signs evening walk so no workers present | underhill | 09/07/2021 |
| Thought I'd pop by before they close it again to work on the mast. | LovableScum | 08/07/2021 |
| Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: Parked at the end of the mast road and walked up to trigpoint which is in open access land. Lots of mast work going on but no one around today all cordons on the ground but I suspect in the week the trig will not be accessible for the time being. | thejackrustles | 19/06/2021 |
| davefh | 21/04/2021 | |
| poppiesrara | 19/04/2021 | |
| Matt | 12/10/2020 | |
| North Hessary Tor > Great Mis Tor from GR: SX 57410 74986 | Hippster | 23/10/2019 |
| North Hessary Tor > Great Mis Tor from GR: SX 57410 74986 | ronaldo333 | 23/10/2019 |
| Dropped off at the phone box and made the short diversion up here before heading N across the moor to Cudliptown via intervening Tumps. | agentmancuso | 06/07/2019 |
| With Jo, circular walk from car park to SSW: Little Mis Tor, Great Mis Tor, Rundlestone Tor and then North Hessary Tor. Weather; sunny, cold wind, good visibility. | amblerbob | 11/04/2019 |
| With Jenx and Bryher from parking at old phone box. Private road to transmitter building and fine tor with perched trig. Misty today | nordicstar | 31/03/2019 |
| Mist was down. Quick from easy parking at the phone box. | jenx | 31/03/2019 |
| Parked just off main road to north. Gentle walk on warm day. | Campbell Singer | 30/03/2019 |
| Short easy walk from the road with Campbell | SteveG | 30/03/2019 |
| Trig point, walk up road to TV mast | cjo | 30/03/2019 |
| Parked by the side of the B3357 near the telephone box WALKED up the private road to the television station, Tor found on the left | Tony Hartry | 06/03/2019 |
| After Swell Tor,passing the impressive deep watery hole and 100 foot sheer drops of Foggintor Quarry. From here granite was used to build Princetown Prison ( hence the railway trackbed leading there) and further afield Nelson's Column (except for the sandstone statue on top). All quiet up here despite the presence of the huge transmitter mast simultaneously broadcasting across the airwaves all of BBC radio channels and Classic FM .Was that John Humphries I could hear in the light breeze? On a clear night the mast provides an excellent navigational beacon, which I was to use 17 hours later for a bearing on this same run/ walk linking 100 tors in 25 hours. I added to the air chatter to ring ahead to warn my roving support crew ( John and Becks ) that I would be with them shortly for the first road rendezvous. | Chris Pearson | 22/07/2018 |
| See Kitty Tor Description | Dartmoorman | 19/07/2018 |
| A round of 4 dewey tors from Princetown: 20k, 5 hrs, unrelentingly hot sun, no breeze, dire. This the first, on to Great Mis Tor. | jonglew | 24/06/2018 |
| Straight along track from Rundlestone. | Moorponder | 22/06/2018 |
| ooo | 12/05/2018 | |
| A five mile Dewey outing taking around two hours from the walled car park on the B3357 west of Princetown which was free. First taking in Great Mis tor via the track on the opposite side of road then followed indistinct footpath back to the road and onto North Hessary tor before striking out across country for the car park. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 21/04/2018 |
| From Princetown car park at SX 58898 73466. Took the path past the brewey NNW to the easily accessible summit tor. Returned the same way. Caught in a storm as I descended. Solo. | Man of Kernow1 | 12/04/2018 |
| petey | 08/09/2017 | |
| A very easy hill to bag. Came up over Hollow Tor (470m)- one of Terry Bound's A to Z of Dartmoor Tors (ISBN: 0 946651 43 4). | Dangerous Dave | 11/06/2017 |
| Parked alongside telephone box in Rundlestone at 575749 - Up service road and then along W. side of wall to mast & nearby trig point. (PM) | gerrybowes | 22/04/2017 |
| Great Mis Tor, North Hessary Tor. | ijpowell | 22/04/2017 |
| 5th Dewey of the day from parking the car at 575749. 1 mile and 25 minutes with GB. | bolton | 22/04/2017 |
| Low cloud meant this was only visible when right close by! Mast nearby. Trig on top of tor appears to be HP. Felt sorry for three large school groups practising for 10 tors. From layby just outside Princetown to avoid car park charges. | Denise | 18/03/2017 |
| Walked from Princetown over wet grassy moorland in thick mist. Tor topped by trig pillar. Other visits on:- 14-06-1980, 14-08-1980, | RichardM | 18/03/2017 |
| Up and down from Princetown. | rhalstead | 05/03/2017 |
| Easy stroll from road, summit tor surrounded by mud | Colin Crawford | 17/01/2017 |
| Revisit with Colin. | Chris Peart | 17/01/2017 |
| alda | 27/10/2016 | |
| chalky1953 | 09/07/2016 |