Pinswell Top

Acknowledgement: The NGR (National Grid Reference) was kindly supplied by Peter Freeman on the Dartmoor Bog Hoppers Facebook Group.

Hemery, on p.972, says: “Rising above the left bank are the twin humps of Little Kneeset (1663 feet), the entire hill usually referred to by the moormen as ‘Pinswell’, which name properly belongs to the good pasturage on its western slopes, and part of the ‘Preda de Vurtorre’.” Because the peat pass on this hump is called ‘Pinswell Cut’, it has been decided to call this ‘Pinswell Top’ for peak baggers and the other as ‘Little Kneeset’, although, as explained, both names appear to be used interchangeably.

Reference:

  • Hemery, E. (1983): High Dartmoor – Land and People