Piel Castle

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Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, off the coast of the Furness Peninsula in north-west England. Built in the early-14th century by John Cockerham, the Abbot of neighbouring Furness Abbey, it was intended to oversee the trade through the local harbour and to protect against Scottish raids. The castle was built using stones from the local beach, and featured a large keep with surrounding inner and outer baileys. It was used as a base by the Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel in 1487, but by 1534 it had fallen into ruin and passed into the hands of the Crown.

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  • Arnside Tower ⓘ
    15th-century tower house  
  • Dalton Castle ⓘ
    Grade I listed local museum in Dalton Town with Newton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria , England, UK  
  • Piel Castle ⓘ
    Grade I listed building in Cumbria, United Kingdom  
  • Lancaster Castle ⓘ
    Grade I listed castle in Lancaster, United Kingdom  
  • Holker Hall ⓘ
    Country house in Cumbria, England, UK
  • Fleetwood Museum ⓘ
    museum in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
  • Furness Abbey Museum ⓘ
    museum in Barrow in Furness, England, UK
  • Judges' Lodgings ⓘ
    museum in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
  • Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway ⓘ
    heritage railway in Cumbria, England
  • Lancaster Maritime Museum ⓘ
    Museum in Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • Madame Tussauds Blackpool ⓘ
    wax museum in Blackpool, England
  • Stott Park Bobbin Mill ⓘ
    19th-century bobbin mill museum: at Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England.
  • Leighton Hall, Lancashire ⓘ
    country house in Lancashire, England, UK
  • Lancaster City Museum ⓘ
    museum in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
  • Dock Museum ⓘ
    museum in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
  • Blackpool Zoo ⓘ
    zoo
  • Cottage Museum ⓘ
    museum in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
  • Lakeland Motor Museum ⓘ
    transport museum in Cumbria, England
  • Laurel And Hardy Museum ⓘ
    museum in Ulverston, England, UK
  • South Lakes Safari Zoo ⓘ
    British Zoo
  • Lakes Aquarium ⓘ
    aquarium on the shore of Windermere, Cumbria
  • Carnforth Station Heritage Centre ⓘ
    museum in Carnforth, England, UK
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Piel island and castle from RampsidePiel island and castle from Rampside
Antiquities of Great Britain, - illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing. (1807) (14576955250)Antiquities of Great Britain, - illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing. (1807) (14576955250)
Aerial View of Piel IslandAerial View of Piel Island
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linkpageHistoric England research records page@Wikidata
linkpageGatehouse Gazetteer page@Wikidata
linkpageSketchfab page@Wikidata
linkpageCastlesFortsBattles page@Wikidata
sitecastleArnside Towertower houseWikidata
sitecastleDalton Castlecastle, local museumWikidata
sitecastlePiel Castlecastle, archaeological siteWikidata
sitecastle1093Lancaster Castlecastle, debtors' prison, tourist attraction, defunct prisonWikidata
sitegardenHolker Hallgarden, English country house, historic house museumWikidata
sitemuseumBlackpool Central Library and Grundy Art Galleryart museum, library buildingWikidata
sitemuseumFleetwood Museumlocal museum, maritime museum, independent museumWikidata
sitemuseumFurness Abbey MuseummuseumWikidata
sitemuseumJudges' Lodgingshistoric house museum, local authority museumWikidata
sitemuseumLakeside and Haverthwaite Railwayheritage railwayWikidata
sitemuseumLancaster Maritime Museummaritime museum, local authority museumWikidata
sitemuseumMadame Tussauds Blackpoolwax museumWikidata
sitemuseumPeter Scott Galleryart museum, university museumWikidata
sitemuseumStott Park Bobbin Millmuseum, factoryWikidata
sitemuseum1765Leighton Hall, LancashireEnglish country house, historic house museum, country houseWikidata
sitemuseum1783Lancaster City Museumlocal museum, museum building, local authority museumWikidata
sitemuseum1907Dock Museumlocal museum, maritime museum, local authority museumWikidata
sitemuseum1911Grundy Art Galleryart museum, local authority museumWikidata
sitemuseum1972Blackpool ZoozooWikidata
sitemuseum1978Cottage Museummuseum, local authority museumWikidata
sitemuseum1978Lakeland Motor Museummuseum, independent museumWikidata
sitemuseum1983Laurel And Hardy Museummuseum, independent museumWikidata
sitemuseum1994South Lakes Safari ZoozooWikidata
sitemuseum1997Lakes Aquariumzoo, public aquariumWikidata
sitemuseum2003Carnforth Station Heritage Centreheritage centerWikidata
commonsimagePiel island and castle from Rampside Commons
commonsimagePiel Castle 2023 Commons
commonsimagePiel Island 02 Commons
commonsimageBarrow-in-Furness - Piel Castle - 20281224013245 Commons
commonsimagePiel Castle - gatehouse and keep Commons
commonsimagePiel Island 02 Commons
commonsimageBarrow-in-Furness - Piel Castle - 20281224013245 Commons
commonsimagePiel island and castle from Rampside Commons
commonsimageAntiquities of Great Britain, - illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing. (1807) (14576955250) Commons
commonsimageAerial View of Piel Island Commons
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