Cull-Peppers Dish

{{Short description|Protected area in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[Image:Cull-peppers Dish - geograph.org.uk - 25437.jpg|thumb|Cull-peppers Dish.]] '''Cull-Peppers Dish''' ({{gbmapping|SY814926}}) is a {{convert|0.9|ha|acre|adj=on}} [[sinkhole]] and [[geological Site of Special Scientific Interest]] in [[Dorset]], [[SSSI notification|notified]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SSSI detail |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001170&SiteName=Cull-Peppers%20Dish&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk}}</ref>

The name of the site and that of the nearby Culpeper's Spoon were possibly named after the herbalist [[Nicholas Culpeper]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cull-Peppers Dish :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/53285289b47fc4099d00007e-Cull-Peppers+Dish |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref> Locally legends attribute the pits to the devil<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Wightman |first=Ralph |title=Portrait of Dorset |publisher=Robert Hale Ltd |year=1966 |location=London}}</ref> and another pit near by is named ''Devil'' ''<nowiki/>'s'' or ''Hell'' ''<nowiki/>'s'' ''Pit.''<ref name=":0" />

The site is used in [[Thomas Hardy|Thomas Hardy's]] novel ''[[The Return of the Native]]'' as the place where Mrs Wildeve collects holly for a [[wreath]].<ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset]] [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1989]]