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Lindisfarne Priory is a ruined monastery on Holy Island, Northumberland. The monument includes the site of the pre-Conquest monastery of Lindisfarne and the Benedictine cell of Durham Cathedral that succeeded it in the 11th century. The monastery of Lindisfarne was founded around 634 by the Irish monk Aidan, who had been sent from Iona to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald. Saint Cuthbert was a monk and later abbot of the monastery. It survived as a religious house in some form until the Dissolution, although the tradition of making religious pilgrimages to the island has never ceased. The visible remains mostly date from the Norman period. The 11th-century Church of St Mary the Virgin is the only original building that has been more or less continually maintained and which remains standing. The monument is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1011650.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.668933,-1.8009807
Grid Reference: NU 1261 4173
Civil Parish: Holy Island CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA

GBPN ID: 319264
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Lindisfarne_Priory,_Northumberland_319264

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