This walk is really a continuation of the walk on Friday 17th February and includes the tors I didn't have time to visit then. I parked by the main dam at Burrator reservoir and walked across.
As the road turns sharply to the left Burra Tor - or Berra Tor - (
57) is just through the woods to the right. I hadn't notice this tor before probably because I have been concentrating on the bend in the road!
Viewed from the other side...
...and the top part of it.
As Terry Bound in his book says this tor would be most prominent overlooking the dam and the reservoir if it wasn't for the trees. On through the trees...
...with a view across to Sheeps Tor
Next to Maiden Tor (
58), on the way up to Sheeps Tor...
...viewed from the other side
Around the back of Sheeps Tor (
59) where students from the Duchy College were having fun.
Across to Yennadon Down...
...Sharpitor, Leather Tor and Great Mis Tor in the distance...
...and the multiple stone cirles where we stopped for our coffee break last wednesday.
From here I went down lower in search of Narrow Tor - which is a small tor somewhere between Sheeps Tor and the Arboretum but I couldn't find it. I returned through the drovers road...
..to the reservoir. Whilst from a distance this now looks full you can see that it is about three feet lower than it should be and that represents a shortfall of some millions of gallons. This might be significant in 6 months time...
...but it won't bother the ducks!
Back dam and along the road to Claig Tor (60) which sits on top of the quarry used to build the dam and much of the tor has obviously been removed - they didn't care in those days..
...but the top is still intact. Although on inspection it doesn't look authentic - it looks like it has been remodelled after the quarry work about 100 years ago.
