Rippon Tor, Devon
Historical Description
Rippon Tor, an eminence in the E of Dartmoor, Devonshire, near Hey Tor, 6½ miles S of Moreton Hampstead. It has an altitude of 1549 feet, is traversed by traces of a track way, has on its crest at a quarter of a mile from the summit a quondam large logan-stone now in a fixed condition, and commands a view of the romantic vale of Widdecombe-in-the Moor.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Rippon Tor are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)