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Pin Hole, North Yorkshire
Pin Hole
Pinhole
site name:-   Whernside
site name:-   Braida Garth Scar
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   pothole
locality type:-   cave
coordinates:-   SD707775
1Km square:-   SD7077
10Km square:-   SD77
altitude:-   1185 feet
altitude:-   361m
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:-  Pin Hole, The
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; the first of these, to the north of the rest, is:-"
"The Pin Hole."
"Which is an excessively small hole, fifteen feet deep, and into it a man or sheep might easily be precipitated, were not the aperture thickly stopped with branches of fir."

evidence:-   old map:- Balderston c1890 map
placename:-  Pinhole
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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BS1SD77D.jpg
"Pinhole"
item:-  private collection : 27.1
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