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{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}
{{for|Crackpot Hall|Keld, North Yorkshire}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
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|country                  = England
|static_image_name        = Bents House and Crackpot.jpg
|static_image_caption     = Looking down into Swaledale from above Crackpot
|coordinates              = {{coord|54.36503|-2.04257|display=inline,title}}
|official_name            = Crackpot
|population               =
|unitary_england          = [[North Yorkshire (district)|North Yorkshire]]
|lieutenancy_england      = [[North Yorkshire]]
|region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
|constituency_westminster =
|post_town                = RICHMOND
|postcode_district        = DL11
|postcode_area            = DL
|dial_code                =
|os_grid_reference        = SD973966
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'''Crackpot''' is a village in [[Swaledale]], [[North Yorkshire]], England. Its name derives from the [[Old English language|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]]).<ref>Olmert, Michael (1996). ''Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella: Curiouser & Curiouser Adventures in History'', p.238. Simon & Schuster, [[New York City|New York]]. {{ISBN|0-684-80164-7}}.</ref>

==Crackpot Cave==
[[File:Column in Crackpot Cave.JPG|thumb|left|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==
*[[Listed buildings in Grinton]]

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[[Category:Villages in North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Swaledale]]
[[Category:Caves of North Yorkshire]]


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