TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser- & well-known rocks and outcrops
Boulder Clamber (Becky Falls) This is a very grand tor that is set just below the 'Main Falls' attraction in the Becky Falls Woodland Park which is on private land and is only accessible to the public by paying the entrance fee (please see here for the current prices). The rocks here are marked as 'Boulder Clamber' on the leaflet map available to visitors upon entry to the Park and the cluster can be found above the left bank of the Becka Brook.  The higher section at SX 7619 8011 could once be espied from the public footpath running between the hamlet of Water and Houndtor Wood, however, due to the erection of a new wire fence post 2020, it has become quite difficult to view these outcrops from public land. The only accessible part is a large, mossed boulder (not pictured) near to the top of the woodland.  The lower section at SX 76211 80059 is by far the most impressive, seemingly formed from a series of tall outcrops in the trees some way above the river/brook and set on the Red Trail route, which involves some scrambling over granite boulders. Near a small wooden staircase is one of several large caves that have been formed beneath what appears to be a giant rock fall on the steepening valley side. It is possible to walk into the cave a little way until it narrows into brooding darkness. Simply one of the Park's best features, the lower levels of Boulder Clamber act as a natural fortress to the land around. 
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