Crackpot, North Yorkshire


Crackpot is a village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England.
Its name derives from the Old English kraka and the Viking word pot.

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.