Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HELTOR, or WHITESTONE-ROCK

HELTOR, or WHITESTONE-ROCK, a great granitic mass on the NE border of Dartmoor, in Devon; 4 miles ENE of Moreton-Hampstead. It forms a conspicuous landmark over a great extent of the moor.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a great granitic mass"   (ADL Feature Type: "natural rock formations")
Administrative units: Devon AncC
Place names: HELTOR     |     HELTOR OR WHITESTONE ROCK     |     WHITESTONE ROCK

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