Fox Tor

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Fox Tor
Elevation	438 metres (1,437 feet)
Location	Dartmoor, England
Prominence	< 5 m
Topo map	OS Landranger 202
OS grid reference	SX626698
Listing	(none)

Fox Tor is a relatively minor tor on Dartmoor in the United Kingdom. It is probably best known for the swampy land that lies beneath it, Fox Tor Mires. This is said to have been the inspiration for Grimpen Mire in the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This wide expanse of peat bog continues to be dangerous to walkers, especially after heavy rain.

On the flank of Fox Tor stands Childe's Tomb - according to local legend, the last resting place of Childe the Hunter, an unfortunate traveller who died there during a blizzard.