Crackpot,_North_Yorkshire

Crackpot, North Yorkshire

Crackpot, North Yorkshire

Village in North Yorkshire, England

For Crackpot Hall, see Keld, North Yorkshire.

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).[1]

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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.

References

  1. [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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