Castles · North West England
Piel Castle
In or near Barrow-in-Furness.
Piel Castle — Grade I listed building in Cumbria, United Kingdom.
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Piel Castle is a castle in north west. (Grade I listed building in Cumbria, UK.) Wikipedia notes: "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. Built in the early-14th century by John Cockerham, the Abbot of neighbouring Furness Abbey, it was intended to oversee the trade through the local harbour and to protect against Scottish raids.". Coordinates 54.0625°, -3.1736°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 54.0625, -3.1736
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2970220 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Piel Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Piel Castle.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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