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Braida Garth Pot, North Yorkshire
Braida Garth Pot
site name:-   Whernside
site name:-   Braida Garth Scar
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   pothole
locality type:-   cave
coordinates:-   SD709774
1Km square:-   SD7077
10Km square:-   SD77
altitude:-   1200 feet
altitude:-   366m
SummaryText:-   Explored by Fylde Mountaineering Club, 1956.
SummaryText:-   Grade II; permission from Braida Garth Farm.
references:-   Balderston c1890 map
Brook, D & Davies, G & Long, M H &Sutcliffe, J R: 1975: Northern Caves, vol.4 Whernside and Gragareth: Dalesman Books:: ISBN 0 85206 259 1

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Balderston c1890
placename:-  Braidey Garth Pot
source data:-   Book, Ingleton, Bygone and Present, by Robert R and Margaret Balderston, published by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, and by Edmndson and Co, 24 High Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, about 1890.
image BLD1P078, button  goto source
page 78:-  "..."
"On Braidey Garth Scar, opposite the house of the same name, lying in the valley below, are several holes of no great depth; ..."
"..."
"Braidey Garth Pot."
"This hole has a railing and wire fence around it, but as these are placed in a shakehole depression, the spot may easily be passed without being seen. The depth of the pot"
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page 79:-  "is forty-four feet, with six more for the shakehole, making fifty feet in all."

evidence:-   old map:- Balderston c1890 map
placename:-  Braidey Garth Pot
source data:-   Map, the hills in the Ingleton area, probably by Robert R Balderston, engraved by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds, West Yorkshire, about 1890.
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"Braidey Garth Pot"
item:-  private collection : 27.1
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