Hound Tor
A jagged tor whose weathered granite pillars look like a pack of hounds. At its base are the ruins of a medieval village, which inspired Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Hound Tor is a group of weathered granite pillars broken into blocks. From a distance they look like a pack of crouching hounds. Gaps between the pillars form passages that are good for climbing and photographs. On the grassy slope about 300 metres southeast of the tor are the remains of a 13th-century medieval village, where you can see the stone foundations of longhouses and barns. Legend says Arthur Conan Doyle drew inspiration here for The Hound of the Baskervilles.
It is free. The roadside car park is a five-minute walk away, and a mobile tea van sometimes operates there. Hound Tor can be combined in one day with Haytor Rocks and Becky Falls.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Haytor Rocks
- Becky Falls
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor
- Grimspound
- Fingle Bridge
- Buckfast Abbey
- Castle Drogo
- Dartmeet