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East Pile, Barrow-in-Furness
East Pile
locality:-   Piel Channel area
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-  
coordinates:-   SD211659 (guess) 
1Km square:-   SD2166
10Km square:-   SD26

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  East Pile
item:-  tide gauge, Barrow Docks
source data:-   image AY01p377, button  goto source
Page 377:-  "A light is exhibited, at an elevation of 26 feet (7m9), from East pile, 55 feet (16m8) in height, which is situated on the northern side of the channel about 1 1/2 miles west-north-westward of Roa island."
image AY01p379, button  goto source
Page 379:-  "Tide Gauge. - A tide gauge is attached to the East Pile light structure."

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