Hound Tor

Hound Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, Devon, England and is a good example of a heavily weathered granite outcrop [1]. The site is administered by Dartmoor National Park Authority for English Heritage as it includes the ruins of a medieval village, alongside prehistoric works of stone construction nearby [1]. To the southeast of the tor, on a northeast-facing slope are the remains of Hundatorra, a deserted medieval village [1]. This was built on land farmed originally in the Bronze Age and which may have been used for grazing in the Roman period [1]. The village was excavated between 1961 and 1975 [1]. It has four Dartmoor longhouses, many with a central drainage channel, and several smaller houses and barns [1]. These buildings date from the 13th century [1].