PIEL CASTLE, PIEL ISLAND, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND.
VIEW LOOKING FROM THE NORTH EAST TIP OF WALNEY ISLAND.

THE IMPRESSIVE RUINS OF A 14TH-CENTURY CASTLE WITH A MASSIVE KEEP, INNER AND OUTER BAILEYS, AND TOWERED CURTAIN WALLS STILL STANDING. 
IT WAS BUILT BY THE ABBOT OF FURNESS ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN POINT OF PIEL ISLAND, TO GUARD THE DEEP-WATER HARBOUR OF BARROW-IN-FURNESS AGAINST PIRATES AND SCOTS RAIDERS. 

IN 1537, WHEN FURNESS ABBEY WAS DISSOLVED, THE CASTLE BECAME THE PROPERTY OF HENRY VIII BUT WAS LEFT TO FALL INTO RUINS AS IT STILL IS TODAY. 

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