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Amicombe Hill

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Prominence
  
36 m (118 ft)

Location
  
Devon, England

OS grid
  
SX566872

Parent peak
  
Listing
  
Dewey, Tump

Parent range
  
Elevation
  
584 m

Amicombe Hill httpswwwthemountainguidecoukpublicgeophoto

Topo map
  
OS Landranger 191, Explorer 28N

Similar
  
Great Links Tor, High Willhays, Yes Tor, Hangingstone Hill, Cut Hill

Amicombe Hill, also known as the Devil's Dome, is a hill in North Dartmoor in the southwest English county of Devon. At 584 metres high, it is the sixth highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor.

Map of Kitty Tor, Okehampton, UK

This bleak and remote hill lies within the military training area on Dartmoor and is not accessible to the public except at certain times. It forms am elongated, hooked ridge between the West Okement River to the east and Rattle Brook to the west and southwest.

The actual summit is the rock tor by the flagpole. Near the summit of the hill is Kitty Tor. On the steep eastern hillside are further prominent rocky outcrops, including a logan rock. To the west are the remains of Bleak House and other ruins. Great Links Tor (586m) lies around 1.5 km to the west-southwest and Dartmoor's highest peak, High Willhays (621m), lies about 2 km northeast.

References

Amicombe Hill Wikipedia


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