Knaresborough, Mother Shipton Trail: Effigy of Mother Shipton in the cave where she was born in 1488

Knaresborough, Mother Shipton Trail: Effigy of Mother Shipton in the cave where she was born in 1488 is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.

The cave is a small limestone hollow, likely formed by natural dissolution processes typical of Carboniferous limestone in the region. It is associated with local folklore surrounding Mother Shipton, a reputed 16th-century prophetess said to have been born there in 1488.