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English: Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland On a fine day Lindisfarne Castle is beautiful sight at the end of the long walk from the village. Date 31 March 2009
Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is accessible from the mainland at low tide by means of a causeway.
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. [3] Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 07:58, 1 February 2013: 546 × 800 (58 KB): Fæ {{Information |description = {{en|''Holy Island Plays Its Part- Everyday Life on Lindisfarne, 1942''<br/> Men of the Home Guard, who are also members of the lifeboat crew, run up the steps of the lifeboat station, still in their Home Guard uniforms, fo...
Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne, Northumberland, home of a medieval monastery Beal for Holy Island railway station, closed railway station; Holy Island Sill, part of the geological structure of the island; Holy Island War Memorial; Holy Island Waggonway
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The Holy Island Waggonway (sometimes referred to as the Holy Island Tramway) was a network of waggonways across the island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England. The earliest two lines connected limestone quarries at the northern end of the island with lime kilns and a tidal jetty in waters known as The Basin, northwest of Lindisfarne Priory .
Holy Island War Memorial is a Lutyens War Cross design, constructed of pink ashlar from nearby Doddington, the same material used for Lindisfarne Priory.The construction work was undertaken by a Mr Tolly of Belford, Northumberland.