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This is a list of Dartmoor tors and hills. Dartmoor is a National Park in South West England that contains many granite outcrops of many different sizes. The main authority (other than the OS map) is "Dartmoor Tors and Rocks" by Ken Ringwood. Birch Tor, with the Warren House Inn in the distance Vixen Tor, with Great Mis Tor beyond
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:41, 28 October 2010: 1,208 × 1,187 (892 KB): Nilfanion: improved NP boundary - sourced via ONS: 20:45, 26 September 2010
A typical distant view of Haytor as seen from the A38 road between Exeter and Plymouth. Idetordoune (1566), Ittor Doune (1687), Idetor (1737), Eator Down (1762) and Itterdown (1789) are a few recorded examples of earlier names by which Haytor was known. [4]
For the first 23 years of its existence, Dartmoor National Park was administered by a special committee of Devon County Council, [2] the "Dartmoor Sub-Committee". During this time the major proposals dealt with by the committee included extensions of china clay workings and coniferous plantations (which did not take place); the erection of a television transmitting mast at North Hessary Tor in ...
Mount Holly is a small suburban city in northeastern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The city is situated just west of the Catawba River , north of Interstate 85 , south of North Carolina State Highway 16 .
The buildings were built between about 1883 and 1960, and characterized by one- and two-story brick commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the Classical Revival style Mount Holly Bank, Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (1903), First Presbyterian Church (1927), and Charlie's Drugs and Sundries (1960). [2]
There had been a Mount Holly post office since before the 1870 U.S. Census. The township was renamed Mount Holly as of November 6, 1931, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier. [23] The township was named for hills covered with holly trees. [24] [25] Some areas of today's Mount Holly were known as Bridgetown. [26] [27] [28]
The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal. Peninsula Press. ISBN 978-1-872640-28-0. The most amazing places to visit in Britain. The Reader's Digest Association. 2006. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-276-44176-9. Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal, A Countryside Study. Exeter: Devon County Council. 1985. ISBN 978-0-86114-559-1.