Crackpot
| Crackpot | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Looking down into Swaledale from above Crackpot | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD973966 |
| Location: | 54°21’54"N, 2°2’33"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | RIchmond |
| Postcode: | DL11 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Richmondshire |
Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Its name derives from the Old Norse kraka (a crow) and the Viking word pot (usually a cavity or deep hole often in the bed of a river, but in Crackpot's case it refers to a rift in the limestone).[1]
Crackpot Cave
Crackpot Cave is located south of Crackpot in Scurvey Scar. It contains a fine example of a column - where a stalactite has joined up with its stalagmite. To get to it you have to pass along the aptly named Knee-wrecker Passage.
References
- ↑ 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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