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| Piel Castle, Piel Island | ||
| Piel Castle | ||
| site name:- | Piel Island | |
| civil parish:- | Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | castle | |
| coordinates:- | SD23306357 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2363 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD26 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 28 5) placename:- Piel Castle placename:- Pile of Fouldrey |
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| 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. "Peel Castle or Pile of Fouldrey" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) placename:- Pile of Fowdray, The |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria
etc, ie Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire etc, scale about 10.5
miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, 1595,
edition 1613-16. MER5LanA.jpg "The pile of fowdray" circle, building and tower item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.3 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | probably old map:- Morden 1695 (EW) placename:- Pile of Foudrey |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, England, including Wales, scale
about 27 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel
Swale Awnsham and John Churchil, London, about 1695. click to enlargeMRD3Cm.jpg "Pile of Foudrey" no symbol item:- JandMN : 339 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- Penn 1730s placename:- Pile of Fouldry |
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| source data:- | Painting, pen and ink and watercolour, A Prospect of the Ruins
of the Castle of Pile of Fouldry and the Adjacent Islands taken
from Ramside, ie Piel Castle etc, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire,
by Stephen Penn, 1730s. click to enlargePEN5Msc2.jpg "Pile of Fouldry" item:- Huntington Art Gallery : 1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 |
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| source data:- | Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the
West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by
Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776. goto sourcePage 18:- "... ..." "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. ½E. ..." |
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| evidence:- | presumably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Peel Castle |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto source Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 217:- "[looking from Lancaster] [Peel-]castle on the isle of Foudry, which lies off its southern extremity. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- West 1784 map placename:- Peel Castle |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland,
Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch,
engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784. Ws02SD26.jpg item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 placename:- Pile of Fouldrey |
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| source data:- | Book, 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. goto source 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." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Capper 1808 placename:- Peel of Foundrey |
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| source data:- | Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom,
compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard
Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published
1808-29. goto source "[Dalton ...] ... On the south-west promontory of the parish stands the remains of the ancient castle of the Peel of Foundrey, which appears to have been a strong fortification, surrounded by two ditches. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Otley 1818 placename:- Peel Castle |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes,
Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies,
Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick,
Cumberland, et al, 1833. OT02SD26.jpg item:- JandMN : 48.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards placename:- Piel Castle |
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| source data:- | Chart, uncoloured engraving, England West Coast sheet XI,
Fleetwood to the Firth of Solway, scale about 2.5 miles to 1
inch, by H Denham and G Williams, 1846, engraved by J and C
Walker, published by the Hydrographic Office, 1850 corrected to
1863 coast view on Admiralty chart  click to enlargeHY01P2.jpg "Piel Castle" item:- Carlisle Library : Map 93 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Payn 1867 placename:- Piel Castle |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Piel Castle, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire,
by T L Aspland, engraved by Greenaway, published by J Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
1867. click to enlargePN0342.jpg On p.79 of The Lakes in Sunshine, text by James Payn. printed at lower right:- "GREENAWAY Sc" item:- Fell and Rock Climbing Club : 184.42 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Barber 1873 |
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| source data:- | Print, ?colour lithograph, Piel Castle, 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, about 1873. click to enlargeBB1E06.jpg Viewed from the sea. "PIEL CASTLE" item:- JandMN : 69.7 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | text:- Curwen 1913 placename:- Fotheray item:- licence to crenellate |
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| source data:- | Book, The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland,
Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F
Curwen, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian
and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland,
1913. Licence to crenellate granted by Edward III; 26 September 1327:- "Abbot and Convent of Fourneys to crenellate their dwelling house of Fotheray in Fourneys, Lancaster" |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- Curwen 1913 placename:- Piel Castle |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph, Piel Castle, Plan of Inner Ward, Pile Island, Barrow-in-Furness,
Lancashire, scale about 1 to 260, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian
and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913. click to enlargeCW0143.jpg Tipped in opposite p.226 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. printed at off centre:- "PIEL CASTLE / PLAN OF / INNER WARD" printed at lower right:- "John F. Curwen, F.S.A. / 31.viij.1909." item:- Armitt Library : A782.43 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 |
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| source data:- | goto source Page 375:- "..." "The ruined castle on Piel island (Lat. 54~ 04' N., Long. 3~ 10' W.), about 8 cables northward of Walney Island lighthouse, Yarlside church tower, about 2 miles farther northward, and the Town hall at Barrow-in Furness are also conspicuous." |
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| evidence:- | text:- Jackson 1990 placename:- Pele of Fotheray placename:- Pile of Fotheray placename:- Pele of Fouldrey placename:- Pile of Fouldrey |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Piel Castle |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "PIEL CASTLE / / / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / I / 388354 / SD2328363595" |
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| source data:- | 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)." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Robertson 1911 placename:- Peele Castle |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph? Peele Castle, near Rampside, Lancashire, from a watercolour by
Arthur Tucker, published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1911. click to enlargeRSN125.jpg 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" item:- JandMN : 197.26 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- placename:- Piel Castle |
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| source data:- | Plan, uncoloured lithograph, Piel Castle, Plan of Keep, 1876, scale 24 feet to 1 inch,
Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by the Cumberland and Westmorland
Archaeological and Antiquarian Society, 1878. click to enlargePR1556.jpg With an article about the castle by William Harrison. printed at upper right:- "PIEL CASTLE / PLAN OF KEEP" item:- private collection : 236 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Piel Castle |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured lithograph, Piel Castle, The Keep, 1876, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness,
Lancashire, published by the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological and Antiquarian
Society, 1878. click to enlargePR1557.jpg With an article about the castle by William Harrison. printed at lower left:- "PIEL CASTLE / 'THE KEEP' MAY 1876." item:- private collection : 235 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Waugh 1860 placename:- Peel Castle |
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| source data:- | Print, engraving, Peel Castle, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by Alexander
Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860. click to enlargeWU0115.jpg On p.42 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh. printed at bottom:- "PEEL CASTLE." item:- Armitt Library : A1082.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Gibson 1851 placename:- Pile of Fouldrey |
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| source data:- | 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. click to enlargeGB05E6.jpg On p.90 of a Hand Book to The Lakes, by James Gibson. item:- Armitt Library : A1131.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Jopling 1843 placename:- Pile Castle |
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| source data:- | 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. click to enlargeJP1E25.jpg Tipped in opposite p.163 of a Sketch of Furness and Cartmel, by Charles M Jopling. item:- Armitt Library : A1636.25 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Pile of Fouldrey Castle item:- fishing net |
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| source data:- | 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? click to enlargePR0651.jpg 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." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.595 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- West 1774 (2nd edn 1805) placename:- Castle of Fouldrey placename:- Pile of Fouldrey item:- |
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| source data:- | 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. click to enlargeWS2707.jpg 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." item:- private collection : 202.8 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- West 1774 (2nd edn 1805) placename:- Castle of Fouldrey placename:- Pile of Fouldrey item:- |
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| source data:- | 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. click to enlargeWS2708.jpg 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." item:- private collection : 202.9 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old print:- placename:- Peele Castle |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Peele Castle, Piel Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire,
drawn by B Ralph, engraved by I Ryland, published about 1774? click to enlargePR0566.jpg printed at bottom left, right, centre:- "B. Ralph del. / I Ryland sculp. / PEELE CASTLE / p.376." item:- Dove Cottage : 2008.107.514 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BPP68.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP69.jpg Carving over the main door of the keep. (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP70.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP71.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP72.jpg Wind erosion in the sandstone. (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP73.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP74.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP75.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP76.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BPP77.jpg (taken 16.8.2008)  BOG60.jpg From Walney Island. (taken 10.10.2007)  BLW28.jpg From Humphrey Head. (taken 18.4.2006) |
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| notes:- |
Castle of the Abbots of Furness, 13th-14th century. |
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| An apparition of a monk is said to walk here. |
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| notes:- |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration |
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| Paley and Austin series | ||
| person:- | architect : Paley, Edward G |
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| person:- | architect : Austin, Hubert J |
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| date:- | 1876 to 1878 |
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| Restoration work on a turret and stair. |
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| person:- | : English Heritage |
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