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Hard Pot, North Yorkshire
Hard Pot
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   cave
locality type:-   shakehole
coordinates:-   SD724728
1Km square:-   SD7272
10Km square:-   SD77
SummaryText:-   Grade II.
SummaryText:-   Explored by Happy Wanderers Cave and Pothole Club, 1973.
references:-   Brook, A & Brook, D & Davies, G M &Long, M H: 1975: Northern Caves, vol.3 Ingleborough: Dalesman Books (Clapham, North Yorkshire):: ISBN 0 85206 312 1

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Balderston c1890
placename:-  Hard 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.
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page 76:-  "..."
"Another [shakehole/pothole], lying east by south near Redgait Head, has a rock and slope which together measure sixty feet. This is called Hard Pot. Most of the potholes are crowned by shakehole slopes. ..."

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