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Looking down into Swaledale from above Crackpot
Crackpot
OS grid reference	SD973966
District	Richmondshire
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RICHMOND
Postcode district	DL11

Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire

EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire 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 (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).

Crackpot Cave

A caver standing beside the column in 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.

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