Cull-Peppers Dish

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Cull-Peppers Dish (grid reference SY814926) is a 0.9-hectare (2.2-acre) sinkhole and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1989.^[1]

The name of the site and that of the nearby Culpeper's Spoon were possibly named after the herbalist Nicholas Culpeper.^[2] Locally legends attribute the pits to the devil^[3] and another pit near by is named Devil 's or Hell 's Pit.^[2]

The site is used in Thomas Hardy's novel The Return of the Native as the place where Mrs Wildeve collects holly for a wreath.^[3]

References

^ "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Cull-Peppers Dish :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b Wightman, Ralph (1966). Portrait of Dorset. London: Robert Hale Ltd.

50°43′58″N 2°15′54″W / 50.73271°N 2.26492°W / 50.73271; -2.26492

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[1] "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[:0-2] "Cull-Peppers Dish :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[:1-3] Wightman, Ralph (1966). Portrait of Dorset. London: Robert Hale Ltd.

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