Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
United Kingdom /
England /
North Sunderland /
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/ United Kingdom
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/ North Sunderland
World / United Kingdom / England
island, christianity, place with historical importance, religion, pilgrimage, catholicism
Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, is reachable by a causeway at low tide. It plays an important role in the history of English Christianity.
Due to its seaside vulnerability to Vikings, many precious artifacts were taken to Durham Cathedral. www.lindisfarne.org.uk/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r-nPKlk5Gw
Due to its seaside vulnerability to Vikings, many precious artifacts were taken to Durham Cathedral. www.lindisfarne.org.uk/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r-nPKlk5Gw
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindisfarne
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°40'45"N 1°48'59"W
- Walney Island 194 km
- Isle of Cumbrae 197 km
- Little Cumbrae 198 km
- Holy Isle 206 km
- Isle of Arran 225 km
- Read's Island 235 km
- Isle of Man 236 km
- Copeland Islands (Oileáin Chóplainn) 261 km
- Ards Penninsula (Aird Uladh) 270 km
- Holy Island 321 km
- The Shadwan (Wreck) 6.7 km
- Old Wood 7.1 km
- Budle Bay 7.8 km
- Robbie's Wood 8 km
- Shiellow Wood 8.4 km
- Kyloe Wood 8.4 km
- Fenton Wood 15 km
- Ewart Park 20 km
- Northumberland National Park 51 km
- Scottish Borders 64 km