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Looking down into Swaledale from above Crackpot
Crackpot is located in North Yorkshire
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OS grid reference SD973966
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  • North Yorkshire
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RICHMOND
Postcode district DL11
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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

Column in 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.

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