2020

SD2364 : Roa Island, South East Shore

taken 5 years ago, near to Roa Island, Cumbria, England

Roa Island, South East Shore
Roa Island, South East Shore
Roa Island lies just over half a mile (1 km) south of the village of Rampside at the southernmost point of the Furness Peninsula. Until 1847 Roa Island was a true island, being accessible only by boat, or on foot across the sands at low tide. A causeway to the mainland was completed in 1846 along with a deep water pier known as Piel Pier from where steamers sailed to Fleetwood. The pier connected with the Furness Railway line to Kirkby via Furness Abbey, making use of the causeway.

Piel Pier was demolished in 1891 following changes to the course of Piel Channel which resulted in silting up of the area around the end of the pier. The railway continued in use until July 1936. Today there is little obvious trace of it; a road linking Roa Island to Rampside has now taken the place of the railway tracks along the causeway.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Islands Camera: Panasonic DMC-G7 other tags: Sand Shingle Shore Morecambe Bay Roa Island Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Piel Channel [12] · South of Roa Island [12] · Area around the end of the Pier [5] · Shore [3] ·
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SD2364, 95 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 28 August, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 233 648 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:4.4038N 3:10.4101W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 232 648
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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