Crackpot, North Yorkshire
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place 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]
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.
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- ↑ Olmert, Michael (1996). Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella: Curiouser & Curiouser Adventures in History, p.238. Simon & Schuster, New York. Template:ISBN.