Piel Castle
Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, off the coast of the Furness Peninsula in north-west England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Arnold Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed building in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Pile of Fouldrey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piel Island and The Ship Inn.
Piel Island
Islet
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Piel Island lies in Morecambe Bay, around 1⁄2 mile off the southern tip of the Furness peninsula in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It is one of the Islands of Furness, three of which sit near to Piel at the mouth of Walney Channel. Piel Island is situated 640 feet north of Piel Castle.
The Ship Inn
Pub
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The Ship Inn is a pub, which is situated 610 feet north of Piel Castle.
Walney Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walney Lighthouse is a functioning lighthouse located on Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The current building dates to the early 19th-century and is Grade II* listed as well as being the southernmost man-made structure in Cumbria. Walney Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Piel Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roa Island and Rampside.
Roa Island
Village
Photo: Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roa Island lies just over half a mile south of the village of Rampside at the southernmost point of the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, formerly in the county of Lancashire north of the sands.
Rampside
Village
Photo: Vishnumukundan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rampside is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located a few miles south-east of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, in the north-western corner of Morecambe Bay on the Furness peninsula. Rampside is situated 1½ miles north of Piel Castle.
Headin Haw
Locality
Headin Haw, also spelled Headen Haw, is part of the Islands of Furness. It is a small tidal island approximately 200 metres off the coast of Cumbria, England, adjacent to the town of Barrow-in-Furness. Headin Haw is situated 2½ miles northwest of Piel Castle.
Piel Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.06259° or 54° 3′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.17364° or 3° 10′ 25″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C6R3R7G+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 88379287OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Piel Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Piel Castle”
- Chinese: “漂堡”
- Danish: “Piel Castle”
- French: “château de Piel”
- French: “Château de Piel”
- German: “Piel Castle”
- Swedish: “Piel Castle”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Piel Castle”. Photo: Arnold Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.