Cut Hill North West Passage Peat Pass and Memorials, Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park
Study Dartmoor's north plateau on the Ordnance Survey Explorer OL28 'Dartmoor' map and you'll see lots of peat passes marked by two thick, black parallel lines. These are paths cut through deep peat that covers the high moorland. On the ground, these peat passes vary quite dramatically.
Some, like the pass on Whitehorse Hill are cut deep in to the landscape like ancient Westcountry lanes. Others, like one near Statt's House are difficult to see. The massive peat pass on Black Ridge is an impressive sight in some of Dartmoor's most rough cut moorland. The pass that runs over the north flank of Cut Hill is remote.
The Cut Hill North West Passage Peat Pass is a mix of the above. Impressively long, in parts cut deep, the pass climbs remote moorland towards Cut Hill and Fur Tor and beyond in to the north west section of the National Park. It's arguably the best way to get to Cut Hill and Fur Tor and runs along the boundary of the British Army's Merrivale/Okehampton Ranges.
Look out for the two memorials at either end of Cut Hill North West Passage Peat Pass. They read:
'THIS STONE MARKS A CROSSING THROUGH THE PEAT, WHICH MAY BE OF USE TO HUNTING AND CATTLEMEN; THE CROSSING WAS MADE BY FRANK PHILLPOTTS, WHO DIED OCTOBER 1909, IT IS KEPT UP IN HIS MEMORY BY HIS BROTHER AND SON.'
We've positioned Cut Hill North West Passage Peat Pass on Google maps so zoom in on the 'Satellite' setting to see its location. To visit, follow the East Dart River as described in our Cut Hill listing.
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