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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'sPit. [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]

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References

  1. "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Cull-Peppers Dish :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 Wightman, Ralph (1966). Portrait of Dorset. London: Robert Hale Ltd.

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