Yes Tor Explained

Yes Tor
Elevation M:	619
Prominence M:	24
Prominence Ref:	^[1]
Listing:	Nuttall
Location:	Dartmoor, England
Map:	United Kingdom Devon
Map Size:	300
Label Position:	right
Coordinates:	50.6932°N -4.0118°W
Grid Ref Uk:	SX580901
Topo:	OS Landranger 191

Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619m (2,031feet) above sea level. It is one of only two wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other being nearby High Willhays—that are above 2000feet.

It lies within a British Army firing range and safe access is only possible on days or nights when firing is not taking place. See the current Dartmoor Firing Notice.^[2]

Yes Tor is 20NaN0 lower than the nearby High Willhays.

In popular culture

Literature

• In his memoir Father and Son (1907), Edmund Gosse views Yes Tor, near which he lived when a boy, as an unthreatening and unprepossessing hill: "Alas! We might as well have attempted to rouse the summit of Yes Tor into volcanic action."
• The American science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson makes an oblique reference to Yes Tor in his novel 2312, commingled with a variety of then-historical musical contextual clues.

Music

• Yes Tor was the original inspiration for the name of the Yes album Tormato and a picture of the Tor features on the album cover, and a topographic map on the inner sleeve. The planned name for the album was Yes Tor until Rick Wakeman, or more probably Hipgnosis designer Aubrey Powell, vandalised the prototype artwork using a ripe tomato.^{[3] [4] [5]}

New religious movements

• The Aetherius Society considers it to be one of its 19 holy mountains.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=9544 Yes Tor - Peakbagger.com
2. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/MicroSite/DIO/OurPublications/DTE/DartmoorFiringNotice.htm Dartmoor Training Area – Firing Notice
3. Web site: When Yes Reached a Crossroads with the Murky 'Tormato'.
4. Welch, Chris (2008). Close to the Edge – The Story of Yes. Omnibus Press (p. 175).
5. Staff (2018). Yes: The Ultimate Music Guide. Uncut Magazine (p. 75).
6. Web site: Holy Mountains Of The World. The Aetherius Society, New Zealand Branch. 2019-05-13. 2024-06-06.
7. Web site: Holy Mountains. The Aetherius Society. 2022-06-02. 2024-06-06.
8. Web site: Aetherius Society Holy Mountains. Peakbagger. 2004-11-01. 2024-06-06.