Walk de143 Steeperton Tor and Cosdon Tor from Belstone

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10¼mls (16.5km)
Ascent:	1,664ft (507m)
Time:	5½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk de143:

Belstone  -  The Tarka Trail  -  Nine Stones Stone Circle  -  Belstone Tor  -  Irishman's Wall  -  Higher Tor  -  Okehampton Army Firing Range  -  Oke Tor  -  The River Taw  -  Steeperton Tor  -  Steeperton Brook  -  Wild Tor  -  Hound Tor  -  White Moor Stone Circle  -  Little Hound Tor  -  South Tawton Common  -  Cosdon Hill (Cawsand Hill)  -  Skaigh Warren  -  The River Taw  -  Belstone

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

2 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

1 Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Cosdon Hill (Cawsand Hill) at 551m (1808ft). Cosdon Hill (Cawsand Hill) is also known as an English Dewey (70th highest in England, 160th in England & Wales) The summit of Cosdon Hill (Cawsand Hill) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Steeperton Tor at 532m (1746ft). Steeperton Tor is also known as an English Dewey (110th highest in England, 258th in England & Wales)

You will also reach the summit of Belstone Tor at 479m (1572ft). Belstone Tor is known as an English Bridget.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Tarka Trail, a 291km (181 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Barnstaple in Devon, England. The Tarka Trail is waymarked by an Otter pawprint. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Tarka Trail.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk de143 Steeperton Tor and Cosdon Tor from Belstone

In no particular order . . .

Hang Gliders from Oke Tor

Photo: Stephen Worth (24)

On Steeperton Tor

Photo: Colin W (3)

On Steeperton Tor

Photo: Colin W (1)

Walking back to Belstone

Photo: Stephen Worth (28)

Oke Tor

Photo: Stephen Worth (25)

Me and the children at the top of Hound Tor

Photo: Trina Foley (1)

Higher Tor and Belstone Tor from Steeperton Tor

Photo: Stephen Worth (27)

Nine Stones Stone Circle

Photo: Charles Silcox (4)

Belstone Tor summit clitter

Photo: Stephen Worth (21)

Waymarker for The Tarka Trail on a gate post South of Belstone

Photo: Charles Silcox (2)

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