| Hunter's Tor | |
| Elevation M: | 320 |
| Location: | Dartmoor, England |
| Coordinates: | 50.6287°N -3.754°W |
| Grid Ref Uk: | SX760825 |
| Topo: | OS Explorer OL28: Dartmoor |
| Map: | United Kingdom Dartmoor |
Hunter's Tor is a granite tor located in the parish of Lustleigh, on Dartmoor. It is one of two tors with the same name, the other being in the Teign Gorge.
Hunter's Tor is in the Lustleigh Cleave, on the apex of a ridge above the River Bovey. The tor is a natural viewpoint, and there is visibility to Haytor, Bowerman's Nose and Hamel Down.[1]
The tor is the location for an Iron Age hill fort,[2] probably due to the views and defensibility of the site. The hill fort was an oval enclosure which is 116m (381feet) long and 70m (230feet) wide, and it has three concentric ramparts with shallow ditches to the South East, and two to the North West.[1]
See main article: Sutreworde. There is some evidence that the land adjacent to the tor was settled after the Iron Age as the manor of Suðeswyrðe, later Sutreworde[3]
There was a reported ghost sighting at Hunter's Tor in 1956, when two female riders cam across a mysterious group of a dozen mounted men in medieval costume with greyhounds. The women followed, but the men disappeared without a trace behind a stone wall, with no trace or hoofprints to indicate they were ever there.[4]
There have also been reported ghosts of Roman legionnaires at the tor.[5]