2013
SD8796 : One of the Buttertubs
taken 11 years ago, 3 km from Thwaite, North Yorkshire, England
One of the Buttertubs
At the Buttertubs, over thousands of years, slightly acidic water has eaten away the 325 million year old Carboniferous limestone. Rainwater seeps into natural cracks in the rock and over time the cracks have grown into the vertical shafts or potholes we see today. The potholes are 24 metres deep and are continuing to grow as water continues to trickle into them.
The most likely theory for the name 'Buttertubs' is that the potholes were once used as a coolstore for butter carried from farms in Swaledale to the market at Hawes.
The Buttertubs are part of the Cliff Force Cave geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Grid Square
- SD8796, 83 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- G Laird (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 28 September, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 1 October, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36: SD 874 960 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:21.5998N 2:11.7146W
- Camera Location
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OSGB36: SD 873 961
- View Direction
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
Image classification
(about):
Geograph
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