Lindisfarne Castle from the Harbour

Planned to see the Holy Island last night, but the causeway was flooded.
Another warm day.
No pictures of the Priory as it was the Lindisfarne Pilgrimage this weekend
and there were three thousand people crammed into the ruins.
So we settled for a liesurely stroll round the bay.
Really quite a special place!

The castle is located on the Holy Island,
in what was once the very volatile border area between England and Scotland.
Not only did the English and Scots fight, but the area was frequently attacked by Vikings. The castle was built in 1550, around the time that Lindisfarne Priory went out of use, and stones from the priory were used as building material. The castle sits on the highest point of the island, a whinstone hill called Beblowe.
In the eighteenth century the castle was occupied briefly by Jacobite rebels, but was quickly recaptured by soldiers from Berwick who imprisoned the rebels; they dug their way out before making good their escape.