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'''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]].
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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.
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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.
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The honey-based alcoholic drink [[mead]] is brewed on Lindisfarne.
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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>.
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==References==
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==Links==
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[http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/ Lindisfarne's Official Site]
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[[Category:England]]
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[[Category:Islands]]
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[[Category:Tourist Attractions]]
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