Maps from Multimap
1:200,000
1:100,000
1:50,000
1:25,000
1:10,000
The County of Dorsetshire
OS Map Grid Ref: SY5783
|
|
Maps from Multimap |
1:200,000 1:100,000 1:50,000 1:25,000 1:10,000 |
Affpuddle Heath is part of the Great Heath, Hardy's 'Egdon Heath', which stretched across south-east Dorset, and whose different parts are variously named. This stretch takes its name from the adjacent village of Affpuddle.
There a numerous burial mounds here and the heath also carries unusual depressions known as 'Culpepper's Dish' and 'Culpepper's Spoon' - the biggest of a number of circular pits. They were once thought thought to have been man-made, the parts of ancient dwelling but we now know that they are natural features, sometimes reaching 20 metres (60 feet) in depth, caused by the presence of sandpipes in the chalk.
AFFPUDDLE
This village of thatched cottages, is set in the green valley of the river Puddle and surrounded by the heathland.
It possesses a mill and a 15th century parish church with pinnacled tower and
13th century chancel and porch.