Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | beacon, Rampside | |
| locality:- | Rampside | |
| parish |
Barrow-in-Furness borough,
once in Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| beacon; lighthouse | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD241662 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD26
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| 1Km square | SD2466 | |
 beacon, Rampside -- Rampside -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- Piel Island and Roa Island in the background. -- 16.8.2008 | ||
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| NUMBER 4 LEADING LIGHT ON FORESHORE NEAR RAMPSIDE HALL / / RAMPSIDE / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388563 / SD2413966237 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Navigation beacon. c1875. Red and yellow brick. Slender, square tower approx 20m in height. Clasping, red brick pilaster strips and yellow brick side panels with iron straps that project up from concrete foundation; iron access door and small slit windows. Corbelled brickwork beneath yellow brick lantern housing with iron strapping and rectangular panels on each side. More corbelling beneath brick, pyramidal roof. Similar leading lights were built on Foulney Island and off Carr Lane, Walney Island (both now demolished). The alignment of the lights assisted the approach to Barrow-in-Furness. | ||
| placename:- | Leading Light No.4 | |
| district:- | Barrow in Furness | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD24136623 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| hearsay |
This unmanned beacon is a leading light for the Walney
Channel.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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