Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Piel Castle | |
| site name:- | Piel Island | |
| parish |
Barrow-in-Furness borough,
once in Lancashire
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| castle | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD23306357 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD26
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| 1Km square | SD2363 | |
 Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | ||
 Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Lan 28 5)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| Peel Castle or Pile of Fouldrey | ||
| placename:- | Piel Castle | |
| other name:- | Pile of Fouldrey | |
| castle | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| guide book:- |
Barber 1873
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| Guide book, The Tourist's Picturesque Guide to Furness Abbey, the Vicinity, and Lakes Coniston and Windermere, by Henry Barber, published by The Graphotyping Co, 7 Garrick Street and Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Stationers' Hall Court, London, and by J Atkinson, King Street, Ulverston, Cumberland, 5th edn about 1873. | ||
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| PIEL CASTLE | ||
| date:- | 1873 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1870s | |
| source:- |
Otley 1818
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| New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s. | ||
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| placename:- | Peel Castle | |
| castle | ||
| old text:- |
Camden 1789
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| Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. | ||
| Page 132:- | ||
| ... | ||
| Between this lake and the river Dudden runs out the point commonly called Fornesse, to which is opposed for a long way as a kind of breast-work Walney island, divided from it by a narrow channel, the entrance to which is guarded by the Pile of Fouldrey as it is called, built by one of the abbots of Fornesse on a rock in the midst of the sea 1 Edward III. | ||
| placename:- | Pile of Fouldrey | |
| date:- | 1789 | |
| person:- | : Furness, Abbot of | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1780s | |
| old map:- |
West 1784 map
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| A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821. | ||
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| placename:- | Peel Castle | |
| castle | ||
| county:- | Lancashire | |
| descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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Piel castle is on Piel Island not Foulney Island.
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| Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821. | ||
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| Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 | ||
| Page 217:- | ||
| [looking from Lancaster] [Peel-]castle on the isle of Foudry, which lies off its southern extremity. ... | ||
| placename:- | Peel Castle | |
| date:- | 1769 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1760s | |
| old text:- |
Mackenzie 1776
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| Page 18:- | ||
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| To sail into Piel-of-Foudray from the S. / To sail into Piel-of-Foudray from the S.; first make the old castle on that Island (which is remarkable, and easily seen, at three leagues distance), keep the castle N. by E. or N. by E. 1/2 E. ... | ||
| sea mark | ||
| date:- | 1776 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late; 1770s | |
| text:- |
Jackson 1990
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| Jackson, M J | ||
| other name:- | Pele of Fotheray | |
| other name:- | Pile of Fotheray | |
| other name:- | Pele of Fouldrey | |
| other name:- | Pile of Fouldrey | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| PIEL CASTLE / / / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / I / 388354 / SD2328363595 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Ruins of castle. Licensed 1327, dismantled 1403, repaired c1429 (previous list description). Cobble rubble with red sandstone dressings. Incomplete 3-storey keep now of 2 long cells with north gatehouse; east side collapsed. Inner defence on 2 sides has gatehouse to west and corner towers. Less complete outer bailey with section of wall and freestanding towers linked by mound and ditch. Keep: chamfered plinth; offset diagonal buttresses and mid-point buttresses; pointed, 2-light windows originally with quatrefoils. Vaulted gatehouse has moulded, pointed arch with clinging figure carved on keystone; hexagonal clasping buttresses. Internal spiral stair to left is lit by slits each side of the buttress; wall bows out at another spiral stair on right return. Projection at south-east corner has different floor levels. Vaulted look-outs at corners of parapet. Inner defence: 2-storey west gatehouse with pointed arches and 2 flights of steps against wall to north; north-west tower is 5-sided. Furness Abbey (qv) engaged in much trade through Piel Harbour and fortified this site soon after the Scottish invasions of 1316 and 1322. The castle provided a secure warehouse for contraband goods including Flemish wool. Henry IV briefly took possession but not before the abbots had the roof stripped to ensure the King did not install revenue men. In 1487 Lambert Simnel and an army of mercenaries landed at Piel intending to dethrone Henry VII; their march ended in defeat at the Battle of Stoke. By 1530 the castle had long been in ruins. Scheduled Ancient Monument now in the care of English Heritage. | ||
| (Barnes F: Barrow and District: Barrow: 1968-: 32-33, 38). | ||
| placename:- | Piel Castle | |
| district:- | Barrow in Furness | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD23286359 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| painting:- |
Penn 1730s
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| Pile of Fouldry | ||
| placename:- | Pile of Fouldry | |
| date:- | 1730=1739 | |
| period:- | 18th century, early; 1730s | |
| old print:- |
Robertson 1911
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| Wordsworthshire, by Eric Robertson, Windermere, Westmorland, illustrated by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911. | ||
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| Print, lithograph? Peele Castle, near Rampside, Lancashire, from a watercolour by Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911. | ||
| Tipped in opposite p.106 of Wordsworthshire by Eric Robertson. | ||
| printed at bottom:- | ||
| PEELE CASTLE, NEAR RAMPSIDE, LANCASHIRE | ||
| signed at painting lower left:- | ||
| Arthur Tucker | ||
| placename:- | Peele Castle | |
| date:- | 1911 | |
| period:- | 1910s | |
| old print:- |
Waugh 1860
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| Print, engraving, Peel Castle, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by Alexander Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860. | ||
| On p.42 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh. | ||
| printed at bottom:- | ||
| PEEL CASTLE. | ||
| placename:- | Peel Castle | |
| date:- | 1860 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| old print:- |
Jopling 1843
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| Print, Pile Castle, Piel Island Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, by Charles M Jopling, published by Whittaker and Co, Ave Maria Lane, London and by Stephen Soulby, Ulverston, Cumberland, 1843. | ||
| Tipped in opposite p.163 of a Sketch of Furness and Cartmel, by Charles M Jopling. | ||
| placename:- | Pile Castle | |
| date:- | 1843 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early | |
| old print:- |
Gibson 1851
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| Jackson 1745 (LakesSrc) | ||
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| Print, engraving, The Castle or Pile of Fouldrey, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by J Jackson, Market Place, Ulverston, Lancashire, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1851. | ||
| On p.90 of a Hand Book to The Lakes, by James Gibson. | ||
| placename:- | Pile of Fouldrey | |
| date:- | 1851 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late | |
| old print:- |
West 1774 (2nd edn 1805)
West 1774 (2nd edn 1805) | |
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| Print, uncoloured mezzotint, North View of the Ruins of the Castle or Pile of Fouldrey, Piel Castle, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, drawn by William Close, published 1805. | ||
| Tipped in opposite p.369 in The Antiquities of Furness, by Thomas West, 2nd edn edited by William Close. | ||
| printed at bottom:- | ||
| North View of the Ruins of the Castle or Pile of Fouldrey. | ||
| printed at bottom of page, left, right:- | ||
| Drawn by W. Close. | ||
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| Print, hand coloured engraving, Ground Plan of the Remains of the Castle or Pile of Fouldrey, Piel Castle, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, scale about 1 to 1800, drawn by William Close? published 1805. | ||
| On p.373 in The Antiquities of Furness, by Thomas West, 2nd edn edited by William Close. | ||
| printed at top:- | ||
| GROUND PLAN OF THE REMAINS OF THE CASTLE OR / PILE OF FOULDREY. | ||
| printed at with scale line:- | ||
| SCALE OF YARDS. | ||
| placename:- | Castle of Fouldrey | |
| other name:- | Pile of Fouldrey | |
| date:- | 1805 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early | |
| old print:- | ||
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| Print, uncoloured engraving, Pile of Fouldrey Castle, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, drawn by G Pickering, engraved by Fenner and Co, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1830s? | ||
| From Walney Island; fishermen on the shore in the foreground with hand nets. | ||
| printed at bottom left, right, centre:- | ||
| Drawn by G. Pickering. / Engraved by Fenner & Co. / PILE OF FOULDREY CASTLE. / FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON. | ||
| placename:- | Pile of Fouldrey Castle | |
| person:- | fisherman | |
| date:- | 1830=1839 | |
| period:- | 19th century, early | |
| old print:- |
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| Print, uncoloured engraving, Peele Castle, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, drawn by B Ralph, engraved by I Ryland, published about 1774? | ||
| printed at bottom left, right, centre:- | ||
| B. Ralph del. / I Ryland sculp. / PEELE CASTLE / p.376. | ||
| placename:- | Peele Castle | |
| date:- | 1774 | |
| period:- | 18th century, late | |
| old map:- |
Hydrographic Office
1850s-90s
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| Charts, Irish Sea, Solway Firth, etc, published by the Hydrographic Office, 1850-58. | ||
| coast view on Admiralty chart | ||
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| Piel Castle | ||
| placename:- | Piel Castle | |
| date:- | 1858 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1850s | |
| photographs | ||
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- Carving over the main door of the keep. -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- Wind erosion in the sandstone. -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- 16.8.2008 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- From Walney Island. -- 10.10.2007 | |
| Piel Castle -- Piel Island -- Barrow-in-Furness -- Cumbria / -- From Humphrey Head. -- 18.4.2006 | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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