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Lord's Top Hole, North Yorkshire
Lord's Top Hole
site name:-   Whernside
site name:-   Braida Garth Scar
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   pothole
locality type:-   cave
coordinates:-   SD706772
1Km square:-   SD7077
10Km square:-   SD77
altitude:-   1240 feet
altitude:-   378m
SummaryText:-   Grade II; permission from Braida Garth Farm.
references:-   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:-  Lord's Top Hole
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; ..."
image BLD1P079, button  goto source
page 79:-  "..."
"Lord's Top Hole."
"... another pothole surrounded by a fence ... This hole is forty-one feet deep, and had a great drift of snow at the bottom when we visited it in the middle of May. Willow, ferns and crowberry grow upon its edges."
evidence:-   old map:- Balderston c1890 map
placename:-  Lordstop 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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"Lordstop Pot"
item:-  private collection : 27.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Balderston c1890 map
placename:-  Lordstop Pot
source data:-   Map, the hills and caves in the Ingleton area, probably by Robert R Balderston, engraved by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds, West Yorkshire, about 1890.
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