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Lindisfarne - Causeway


Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the coast. The 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.
Around 634 by the Irish monk Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland at the request of King Oswald founded the monastery of Lindisfarne.
In 793, Lindisfarne was attacked by Vikings. The raiders plundered and destroyed the church and slew the inhabitants. This raid marked the beginning of the Viking Age. Alcuin, a Northumbrian scholar in Charlemagne's court at the time, wrote: "Never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race ... The heathens poured out the blood of saints around the altar, and trampled on the bodies of saints in the temple of God, like dung in the streets." Alcuin also sent a letter to Higbald, the Bishop of Lindisfarne, in which he explained that the best protection against such incidents was a better way of life and the invocation of the saints.
The abbey was re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England.
Warning signs urge visitorsto check tide times and weather carefully. For drivers, tide tables are prominently displayed at both ends of the causeway. The causeway is generally open from about three hours after high tide until two hours before the next high tide.
Around 634 by the Irish monk Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland at the request of King Oswald founded the monastery of Lindisfarne.
In 793, Lindisfarne was attacked by Vikings. The raiders plundered and destroyed the church and slew the inhabitants. This raid marked the beginning of the Viking Age. Alcuin, a Northumbrian scholar in Charlemagne's court at the time, wrote: "Never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race ... The heathens poured out the blood of saints around the altar, and trampled on the bodies of saints in the temple of God, like dung in the streets." Alcuin also sent a letter to Higbald, the Bishop of Lindisfarne, in which he explained that the best protection against such incidents was a better way of life and the invocation of the saints.
The abbey was re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England.
Warning signs urge visitorsto check tide times and weather carefully. For drivers, tide tables are prominently displayed at both ends of the causeway. The causeway is generally open from about three hours after high tide until two hours before the next high tide.
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