South Devon and Dartmoor
Author Nick White
Published Cordee (1995)
ISBN 1-871-890-32-2
Published Cordee (1995)
ISBN 1-871-890-32-2
This Guidebook is now out of print, and unavailable
Review
Wide-ranging, taking in everything from seacliffs to titchy inland tors (inc. bouldering). Great pictures, good crag pics with route lines overlaid; the "here be dragons" cartoons can get a bit boring and take space that could have been used improving legibility of some area guides.
Crags covered by this Guide
| Devon crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anstey's Cove | 260 | Limestone | S |
| Ausewell Rocks | 22 | Quartzite | S |
| Babbacombe Crags | 101 | Limestone | NE |
| Bantham Hand | 6 | Shale | all |
| Beer Head | 2 | Chalk | S |
| Bench Tor | 49 | Granite | all |
| Berry Head - Coastguard Cliffs | 186 | Limestone | S |
| Berry Head - The Old Redoubt | 132 | Limestone | E |
| Berry Head Quarry | 86 | Limestone | N |
| Blackingstone Quarry | 10 | Granite | all |
| Bolt Tail | 25 | Schist | W |
| Bonehill Rocks | 277 | Granite | SW |
| Broadbridge Quarry | 7 | Limestone | SW |
| Buckfastleigh | 5 | Limestone | NE |
| Chinkwell Tor | 12 | Granite | all |
| Chipley Quarry | 12 | Pillow lava | SW |
| Churston Quarries | 73 | Limestone | N |
| Cod Rock | 10 | Limestone | all |
| Combestone Tor | 44 | Granite | all |
| Cradle Rock Buttress | 22 | Limestone | E |
| Cuckoo Rock and Combeshead Tor | 142 | Granite | all |
| Daddyhole Main Cliff | 57 | Limestone | E |
| Durl Head | 42 | Limestone | all |
| Elender Cove | 13 | Schist | S |
| Exmouth | 1 | Sandstone (hard) | ? |
| Foggintor Quarry | 18 | Granite | all |
| Fur Tor | 18 | Granite | all |
| Gammon Head | 17 | Schist | S |
| Great and Little Mis Tor | 25 | Granite | all |
| Great Links Tor | 14 | Granite | all |
| Greator Rocks | 50 | Granite | S |
| Hayne Down | 90 | Granite | all |
| Haytor | 77 | Granite | all |
| Haytor Quarry | 12 | Granite | E |
| Hazard Quarry | 45 | Limestone | S |
| Hazel Tor | 10 | Mica schist | all |
| Heltor Rock | 25 | Granite | W |
| Hexton Quarry | 6 | Limestone | S |
| Holcombe Area | 4 | Sandstone (soft) | SE |
| Holwell Quarry | 23 | Granite | N |
| Holwell Tor | 77 | Granite | all |
| Hooe Lake Quarry | 13 | Limestone | ? |
| Hope Cove | 2 | Shale | S |
| Hound Tor | 325 | Granite | all |
| Kestor Rock | 12 | Granite | SW |
| Ladram Bay Stacks | 9 | Sandstone (soft) | all |
| Leather Tor | 14 | Granite | E |
| London Bridge | 43 | Limestone | all |
| Luckey Tor (aka Eagle Rock) | 23 | Granite | S |
| Lustleigh (Sacrificial Virgin Boulder) | 13 | Granite | ? |
| Lustleigh Cleave | 203 | Granite | ? |
| Manaton Rocks | 36 | Granite | S |
| Meadfoot Quarry | 26 | Limestone | SE |
| Morwell Rocks | 40 | Slate | W |
| Myrtle Turtle Quarry | 21 | Granite | W |
| Palace Quarry | 8 | Limestone | NW |
| Pilchard Cove | 10 | Slate | S |
| Plimsoll Line Cliff | 14 | Limestone | S |
| Plymouth Hoe | 90 | Limestone | S |
| Prawle Point | 24 | Schist | S |
| Radford Quarry | 14 | Limestone | S |
| Richmond Walk | 14 | Limestone | E |
| Saddle Point | 7 | Limestone | SW |
| Saddle Tor | 69 | Granite | all |
| Sanctuary Wall | 33 | Limestone | S |
| Sandy Bay | 4 | Sandstone (soft) | W |
| Seale Hayne Quarry | 2 | Limestone | ? |
| Sharp Tor | 11 | Schist | all |
| Sharp Tor (Dartmoor) | 5 | Shale | ? |
| Sheeps Tor | 43 | Granite | all |
| Sidmouth | 0 | Limestone | ? |
| Smallacombe Rocks | 233 | Granite | all |
| St. Anchorites Rock | 12 | Dolerite | all |
| Steeple Cove | 3 | Schist | S |
| Swell Tor Quarry | 13 | Granite | ? |
| Telegraph Hole | 45 | Limestone | SE |
| The Dewerstone | 167 | Granite | S |
| The Orgasmatron | 6 | Granite | S |
| Thurlstone Rock | 1 | Conglomerate | all |
| Torbryan Quarry | 49 | Limestone | W |
| Vixen Tor | 36 | Granite | all |
| West Mill Tor | 2 | Granite | all |
| Westcott Rocks | 8 | Granite | ? |
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