Colin says: Many people assume that the ruin on Piel Island must once have been a castle - it wasn't, it was actually a castelated (but otherwise un-armed) un-garrisoned warehouse belonging to Furness Abbey who's shipping activities were beset by pirates and vagabonds.
Colin says: shipping
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