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West Pile, Barrow-in-Furness
West Pile
locality:-   Piel Channel area
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-  
coordinates:-   SD204663 (guess) 
1Km square:-   SD2066
10Km square:-   SD26

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  West Pile
item:-  navigation lights
source data:-   image AY01p377, button  goto source
Page 377:-  "A light is exhibited, at an elevation of 26 feet (7m9), from West"
image AY01p378, button  goto source
Page 378:-  "pile, 48 feet (14m6) in height, situated on the north-western side of the channel about 4 1/2 cables north-westward of East pile."

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