Cull-Peppers Dish

{{Short description|Protected area in Dorset, England}}

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Cull-Peppers Dish ({{gbmapping|SY814926}}) is a {{convert|0.9|ha|acre|adj=on}} sinkhole and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1989.{{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}}

The name of the site and that of the nearby Culpeper's Spoon were possibly named after the herbalist Nicholas Culpeper.{{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}} Locally legends attribute the pits to the devil{{Cite book |last=Wightman |first=Ralph |title=Portrait of Dorset |publisher=Robert Hale Ltd |year=1966 |location=London}} and another pit near by is named Devil 's or Hell 's Pit.

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.