Scorhill Stone Circle – Walla Brook Clapper Bridge loop from Gidleigh

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Scorhill Stone Circle – Walla Brook Clapper Bridge loop from Gidleigh

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Scorhill Stone Circle – Walla Brook Clapper Bridge loop from Gidleigh

04:44

16.7km

350m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Dartmoor National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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798 m

Scorhill Stone Circle

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Of all the Dartmoor stone circles Scorhill is probably the least prominent in the moorland landscape yet when comparing the actual sizes of stones it must be the most impressive. …

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1.20 km

Walla Brook Clapper Bridge

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Simply beautiful and absolutely worth seeing, the nature and the stone bridge, it just fits!

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1.26 km

Teign-e-ver Clapper Bridge

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There is a small lake 10 meters upstream. We were able to have a wonderful picnic break here. After a while the cows came to drink. It was wonderful to …

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2.10 km

Stone Wall Trail in Dartmoor National Park

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The trail runs along an endless wall. Sheep, horses and cattle are encountered on both sides of the wall.

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4.45 km

Stone Bridge over Stream, Dartmoor National Park

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it's the only way across without getting your feet wet

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6.11 km

Watern Tor

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The wonderfully-shaped Watern Tor is one of the most distinctive in Dartmoor. Giving the hugely popular Haytor Rocks a run for its money, the precisely-layered strips of granite that comprise …

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11.5 km

Hound Tor

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Weird spot in Dartmoor’s legend-thick south. Atmosphere you can chew.

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12.2 km

Stone Circle in Dartmoor National Park

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16.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.7 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.4 km

3.30 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (360 m)

Weather

Saturday 26 September

18°C

9°C

90 %

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Max wind speed: 29.0 km/h

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Comments

October 28, 2022,Nördliches Dartmoor: Übers Hochmoor zum Watern Tor

This tour leads wonderfully lonely over the barren and windswept high moor to Watern Tor, one of the countless rock formations of this type on the hilltops of Dartmoor. Also on the way is one of the local stone circles and a clapper bridge (stone slab bridge), while between moor grass and heather on the right and left of the …

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