What is recorded here
Grey Wife Hole is a limestone cave formed through dissolution processes typical of karst landscapes in North Yorkshire. The name may derive from local folklore, though no detailed historical or archaeological records of human activity in the cave are known.
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Photo: Karl and Ali · CC BY-SA 2.0