At 603 metres high, it is the joint third highest peak in Devon and Dartmoor, together with Hangingstone Hill, which lies around 4 kilometres to the northeast.

The hill lies within the military training area on Dartmoor and is not accessible to the public except at certain times.

It is one of Dartmoor's remoter spots[2] and is a good hour and a half walk from Postbridge.

[3] In 2004, a stone row was discovered at Cut Hill dating to 3,500 BC and shedding new light on an area where there had hitherto been no evidence of prehistoric life.

[4] There are nine granite stones oriented in a northeast to southwest direction as at Stonehenge and they have been described by archaeologist, Dr Tom Greeves, as "of worldwide significance.