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'''Lindisfarne''' is a small island off the eastern coast of [[Northumberland]], [[England]], connected to the mainland by a tidal [[causeway]].
'''Lindisfarne''', known also as [[Holy Island]] is a small island off the eastern coast of [[Northumberland]], [[England]], connected to the mainland by a tidal [[causeway]].
The island is most famous for its [[monastery]] which, in 793, became the target of [[Viking]] raiders in their first raid on [[Europe]]. The monastery did not shut down for over eighty years after the incident, when the monks eventually fled.
The island is most famous for its [[monastery]] which, in 793, became the target of [[Viking]] raiders in their first raid on [[Europe]]. The monastery did not shut down for over eighty years after the incident, when the monks eventually fled. The present monastic ruins were first built during the post-Conquest monastic restoration, some centuries after the destruction of the first site.
Lindisfarne also has a small but imposing castle. This was originally a sixteenth century artillery fort and look-out tower guarding this vulnerable stretch of coastline close to the Anglo-Scottish frontier. In the Edwardian period it was totally reconstructed to the designs of [[Edwin Lutyens]] for [[Edward Hulton]], the publisher of [[Country Life]] magazine.
The honey-based alcoholic drink [[mead]] is brewed on Lindisfarne.
The island is now very popular with tourists. It currently has a population of just over 150 people<ref>http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/general/welcome.htm</ref>.
The island is now very popular with tourists. It currently has a population of just over 150 people<ref>http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/general/welcome.htm</ref>.