SE3456 : The Dropping Well

near to Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, Great Britain

The Dropping Well
The Dropping Well
This is the Dropping Well adjacent to Old Mother Shipton's cave on the southwestern bank of the River Nidd in Knaresborough. This famous well petrifies (i.e. turns to stone) items that are hung underneath it. The calcite in the water being deposited on the suspended article in a surprisingly (and unusually) short time. The effect is particularly quick for porous objects (such as teddy bears) but considerably slower for such things as firemen's helmets, though even these will succumb eventually. The two hemispherical bumps higher up the fall were two hats left well over a hundred years ago - and never collected ! Various petrified examples are to be found in the little museum at the southern end of the park, mostly things left by famous people. Visitors used to be able to leave their own items to be petrified, but demand was such that this facility has had to be - er - suspended !
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SE3456, 41 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
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Rob Farrow   (find more nearby)
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Date Taken
Saturday, 30 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 2 September, 2008
Category
Waterfall   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 3478 5651 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:0.2071N 1:28.2521W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 3478 5651
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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