TORS OF DARTMOOR
a database of both lesser- & well-known rocks and outcrops
Webburn Gap East Paul Buck named the splendid rock faces that oppose one another across the Webburn River as the Webburn Gap and the summit of the eastern cliff can be found just below the lower path which runs through Buckland Woods, a collection of private woodlands that can be accessed by obtaining a permit from Fountain Forestry, who manage them. Please note that straying from the tracks in these woods can be hazardous as they are strewn with branches, boulders and dense vegetation on a steep hillside that makes for difficult walking.  Not far from the start of North Wood the main rock face commands fine views to the west where the opposing cliff, described elsewhere on this database, stands proudly like a menacing beast; a huge wall of metamorphic rock. This part of the phenomenon resides in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor whereas the eastern cliff is in Buckland in the Moor.  It is a very tough scramble over deceptive terrain from the foot of the main crag up to the higher outcrops and we wouldn't recommend it; approaching from the track above may be easier. It is difficult to absorb the magnitude of the exposed rock here; even the trees fail to dwarf what are essentially a stupendous group of towering rocks that, surprisingly, have never been mentioned in the literature. William Crossing chose nearby Lizwell Meet as one of his 'Gems in a Granite Setting', but he makes no comment on the impressive formations we see here. 
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