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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 |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Balderston c1890 placename:- Hard Pot |
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| 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. goto sourcepage 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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