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Farhill Scar, Piel Harbour
Farhill Scar
locality:-   Piel Harbour
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
locality type:-   shoal
coordinates:-   SD24326286 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD2462
10Km square:-   SD26

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 28 9) 
placename:-  Farhill Scar
source data:-   Maps, 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.

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Farhill Scar
source data:-   image AY01p376, button  goto source
Page 376:-  "... Farhill scar, which dries 8 feet (2m4) in places, lies northward of Seldom Seen, it is connected to Foulney Island flats, which are connected to the flats that extend off Roa island and form the northern and eastern sides of Piel harbour."

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