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Lindisfarne, Northumberland

 

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This medieval castle is located in the Holy Island. It can be seen from many kilometers around and it was mainly built to inspire power - and against Viking invasions.

At first, monks built an abbey in the Holy Island. Nevertheless, continous Viking invasions forced the monks to flee the abbey. Years later, builders used the stone from the abbey to build the castle that we can now see today.

This castle is in ruins at the moment. Nevertheless, it is now owned by the National Trust.

A picture of the lindisfarne castle:



Two things are conspicuous:

1) The castle can be only accessed during low tide as it has water all around it.

2) The castle was built in a very strategic position next to the sea from which defending against the Vikings was a seemingly easy task.

Many people consider this castle to be very romantic - but it is too damaged to even have an objective comparison.

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