| Name: | Amicombe Hill [Kitty Tor] |
| Hill number: | 3650 |
| Height: | 585.8m / 1922ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2877 High Willhays |
| County/UA: | Devon |
| Topographical area: | ES02 Willhays-mardon |
| SMC/RHB section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Dartmoor |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Tamar, Torridge |
| Watershed: | Land's End to Dover, Land's End to John o' Groats, Plymouth Sound, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Clem (Tu,5,Dew,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SX 56692 87289 |
| Summit feature: | rock tor by flagpole |
| Drop: | 36.3m |
| Col: | 549.5m SX 5545 8724  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 191 (1:25k) OL28N |
| Observations: | 0.7m higher than ground 210m SSE at SX 56782 87100 |
| 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 157 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Prewley Moor. Kitty Tor, Hare Tor, Great Links Tor | Arbie | 02/06/2024 |
| Warm and sunny walk up from Sourton church. Hard work on the crutches, although they were good for checking how deep the bog was near Bleak House. Must have been Ten Tors as loads of groups of youngsters on the moor. I had lunch on the summit and headed back via Hunt Tor which cut the corner off. I climbed Sourton Tors on the way back. One of favourite places on the moor. Time taken 3 hours 20 minutes for 7 miles. Saw my first Wheatear of the year. | isabelle | 12/05/2024 |
| Across from Great Links Tor. Boggy near the ruin when you come off track and the first bit of marked ‘path’ return to track via other path slightly to south of marker posts. Good views. | PeterD | 16/08/2023 |
| Climbed after ascending Great Links Tor. Boggy ground between the two. | RVC | 25/07/2023 |
| From Dartmoor Inn. Back over Great Links Tor. | chrisbien | 11/07/2022 |
| From Great Links Tor. We made hard work of it, being enticed by a path just S of E that led us through rough ground, boggy even after a long, dry period. At last, we got onto a path and followed this to a track and ruin (SX 560871) and used a path with boardwalks across bog and white markers on posts; it's shown on LR but not EXP OS maps. Returned via bw in valley after SX 560871, higher up (SX 545861) easiest ground on well used path over Brat Tor. Good to have a decent moorland walk, added up to 8 miles in all. | pwheeler | 14/06/2022 |
| 1/2 Dewey on circular tour of Yes Tor, High Willhays, Kitty Tor, Great Links Tor, from Meldon Reservoir car park. 19 km with 680m ascent in 5h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 02/08/2021 |
| From Hare Tor via Bleak House, appropriately named on this day of constant heavy rain. | agentmancuso | 04/07/2021 |
| Parked at the large car park near the Dartmoor Inn, heading on the path in between Brat Tor and Arms Tor to reach Great links Tor where I scaled the Tor from the opposite side to the trig, continuing over to Kitty Tor, just over Six mile in Three and a half hours returning the same way. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 30/08/2020 |
| With Mark Eatough on run | Fidget | 30/05/2020 |
| Great Links Tor > Amicombe Hill (Kitty Tor) from GR: SX 52291 85255 | ronaldo333 | 20/10/2019 |
| Great Links Tor > Amicombe Hill (Kitty Tor) from GR: SX 52291 85255 | Hippster | 20/10/2019 |
| With Eire & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 07/08/2019 |
| Run from Sourton Church up over Sourton Tor’s along the old railway to Great Links Tor. I t took me a few minutes to remember the easiest climb to the actual summit which was very easy as the only technical move is low down. I headed on to the remains of Bleak House. I remember camping by it in 1990 and it was a lot more substantial then. I took the path up to Kitty Tor. The cloud broke and it was warm in the sunshine. I headed down to Sandy Ford and then up High Willhays and Yes Tor before running back to Sourton via the top end of Meldon reservoir. For the 11 miles it took 2 hours 30 minutes. I saw Wheatear, Linnets, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, Kestrel and Ravens. | isabelle | 04/08/2019 |
| From CP at end of Lane by Dartmoor Inn. First to Brat Tor, with Widgery Cross on its summit, then to Great Links Tor (which I failed to climb, only reaching the trig point), then by the line of the old Rattlebrook peat railway to Kitty Tor and Amicombe Hill, with a military range marker pole on its summit. Back by the rack below Great Links Tor. | Nick Down1 | 16/07/2019 |
| From Great Links Tor. Left the ladder on the track to the NE, taking the marked trail up to the summit from the ruin. Returned for the ladder, descending to Lydford around the flanks of Great Links Tor to pick up the outward route. With AT | Man of Kernow1 | 07/04/2019 |
| With marktrengove. After getting back to the cars, we had a celebratory drink in Lydford before a long drive home. | Sprog | 07/04/2019 |
| With other baggers on the trig bagging meet in Okehampton. | Alan Caine | 30/03/2019 |
| From Gt Links Tor.. Lovely morning and largely dry underfoot. With AW and SteveG. | Campbell Singer | 30/03/2019 |
| Lydford car park to Bracken Tor YH. With a few of the triggers' meet people amid the hundreds of 10 Tor trainees who could be seen all over the moors. | Smudge | 30/03/2019 |
| Over from Great Links Tor via the peat house with others down in he area for some hill bagging and trig bagging. Lovely dry and sunny day. | Father Ted | 30/03/2019 |
| From Great Links Tor with AW and Campbell | SteveG | 30/03/2019 |
| after great links | cjo | 30/03/2019 |
| Part of Dartmoor Marathon | Claireb | 01/09/2018 |
| With Adrian, walked over from Great Links Tor | mazz | 25/08/2018 |
| Climbed as part of a 2 day expedition to climb all my remaining Dartmoor Deweys. Parked at Rowtor, over High Willhays, descend to Sandy Ford and ascend to Kitty Tor, then due W to Great Links, then south via Dunna Goat Tors and Lynch Tor to Great Mis Tor, finishing off over North Hessary before camping at the Plume And Feathers, Princetown. Perfect conditions. 26Km walk with 780m of ascent. | Dartmoorman | 19/07/2018 |
| Direct route from Gt Links. | Moorponder | 01/07/2018 |
| After Great Links Tor, last of the West Country 500m hills. | jonglew | 28/06/2018 |
| Meldon Reservoir car park - Yes Tor - High Willhays - Sandy Ford - Great Links Tor and back. Great loop, mostly pathless and sometimes v boggy. Fabulous views. | twg27 | 26/04/2018 |
| From car park at Lydford out to Kitty Tor (old causeway is a god send). Returned by Great Links Tor (trig only) - maybe thirty years ago I'd have had a go! | SS | 13/04/2018 |
| Slightly boggy walk from Great Links Tor with Richie. Went via the old peat works up to the summit flag pole, investigated some MoD huts and then returned via Bleak House. Very wet and very windy with little visibility. 8.2 miles. | Herbert Anchovy | 11/11/2017 |
| Slightly boggy walk from Great Links Tor with Herbert. Went via the old peat works up to the summit flag pole, investigated some MoD huts and then returned via Bleak House. Very wet and very windy with little visibility. 8.2 miles. | Richard Lawrenc | 11/11/2017 |
| petey | 06/09/2017 | |
| Large car park (Space for 40+ cars) at end of track above the Dartmoor Inn at 525853 - After visiting trig point on Great Links Tor, dropped down to course of old peat railway & remains of kiln & then path to summit tor. (PM) | gerrybowes | 21/04/2017 |
| From car park up the lane from Dartmoor Inn. From Great Links Tor underfoot was good after dry weather. 3 hours with GB. | bolton | 21/04/2017 |
| From Meldon Res, Tes Tor, High Willays, Kitty Tor Great Links back over Corn Ridge to resevoir | underhill | 03/12/2016 |
| With CP | garth87 | 18/07/2016 |
| Wild Camp Day 2 | Paul_142_uk | 11/06/2016 |
| Solo. From High Willhays via Dinger Tor and Lints Tor - on to Great Links Tor. | Aimless Rambler | 23/05/2016 |
| A torific day ! (Arms Tor/Little Links Tor/Great Links Tor/Gren Tor/Hunt Tor/Steng A Tor/Kitty Tor/Green Tor/Higher Dunna Goat Tor/Little Dunna Goat Tor/Chat Tor/Hare Tor/TavY Cleave/Ger Tor/Little Hare Tor/Doe Tor/Sharp Tor/Brat Tor/Gibbet Hill/Nat Tor) | Fergalh | 05/03/2016 |
| A very enjoyable circular route taking in Meldon Reservior, West Oakement River, Steng-a-Tor, Kitty Tor, Higher & Lower Dunna Tor, Great Links Tor and Sourton Tor. A very windy and inevitably misty day on Dartmoor. | Ginger Dave | 28/11/2014 |
| Start ~ 525854, car park near Dartmoor Inn. Followed paths to col near Widgery Cross then climbed NE to summit of Great Links Tor. Continued to pick up track to North and followed it East to Kitty Tor. Hot day with no wind. With Wombourne. | steve hudson | 09/09/2014 |
| From car park at Lydford over Great Links Tor to Kitty Tor. Warm and Sunny. With SH. | wombourne | 09/09/2014 |
| On a high after GLT so jogged a boggy route to track and boggy bit at the col to capture another Dewey while Ian Brown returned to the car. | Dugswell2 | 23/08/2014 |
| There is a direct, easy to follow path between Great Links and this summit, however you join it to the north of GLT. This means you effectively travel in the wrong direction to start with. A direct line soon peters out into tussocky grass and bog. | moorsman | 20/08/2014 |
| Parked at Meldon reservoir CP. Across dam w Jenx. Direct then up Yes Tor avoiding top of the drainage line to NW. Onto High Willays, then to Kitty Tor, Great Links Tor trig and scramble up crack to summit! - trig finish on Sourton Tors. Back down track to West of Meldon to CP | nordicstar | 15/05/2014 |
| From High Willhays via Sandy Ford. If you're thinking of doing this route, be aware that Sandy Ford would be more aptly named Rocky Wade... | Richard | 02/11/2013 |
| MMC walk, very windy! | bri&dave | 02/11/2013 |
| With family from Meldon Reservoir via Yes Tor & High Willhays (so Dad could bag him as he hadn't before visited). Then Dinger Tor, Kitty Tor & Great Links Tor. During week-long trip to Cornwall. | AGWilliamson | 23/08/2013 |
| Bagged on a gorgeous sunny day on the North Moors (Great Links > Kitty > Hare) taking in Arms Tor, Chat Tor and Brat Tor (Widgery Cross). | Stephenfarmer | 18/05/2013 |