Head Scar

Head Scar is in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Head Scar is situated near Concle Bank, as well as near Roa Island Boating Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Watch Tower and Piel Island.

Watch Tower

Castle

Photo: Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Watch Tower is a castle, which is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Head Scar.

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 1 mile southeast of Head Scar.

Piel Castle

Castle

Photo: Arnold Price, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Piel Castle is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Head Scar.

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.

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 1½ miles north of Head Scar.

Head Scar

Type: Rock
Category: landform
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.07727° or 54° 4′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.18731° or 3° 11′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C6R3RG7+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 587651148

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bare_rock

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Concle Bank and Roa Island Boating Club.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Turning Circle and Roa Island WwTW.

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