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(Redirected from Crackpot Cave) Village in North Yorkshire, England For Crackpot Hall, see Keld, North Yorkshire.

Human settlement in England
Crackpot
Looking down into Swaledale from above Crackpot
Crackpot is located in North YorkshireCrackpotCrackpotLocation within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD973966
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRICHMOND
Postcode districtDL11
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54°21′54″N 2°02′33″W / 54.36503°N 2.04257°W / 54.36503; -2.04257

Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the Old English kraka (crow) and the Viking word pot (usually a pit or deep hole often in the bed of a river, but in this case it refers to a rift in the limestone).

Crackpot Cave

A potholer beside the column in Crackpot Cave

Located south of Crackpot in Scurvey Scar, Crackpot Cave contains a column where a stalactite has joined up with its stalagmite. It is accessible through the aptly named Knee-wrecker Passage.

See also

References

  1. Olmert, Michael (1996). Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella: Curiouser & Curiouser Adventures in History, p.238. Simon & Schuster, New York. ISBN 0-684-80164-7.

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