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Lindisfarne Priory
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Holy Island
In the civil parish of Holy Island.
In the historic county of Durham; North (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).
C11-C12 Church and later buildings of Priory originally founded in C7. Cloister turned into fortified ward, probably in C13, large tower-like projections and an outer ward added in C14. Church modified in C14 with loops inserted in west wall and possible crenellated all around.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 237726)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU12614172
PastScape number;
7835, 1084963
County Sites and Monuments Record number; N5346
- Web site links
- Books
- Harrison, Peter, 2004, Castles of God (Woodbridge; Boydell Press) p67, 73-4, 77
Brooke, C.J., 2000, Safe Sanctuaries (Edinburgh; John Donald) p59, 72-76, 80, 134, 361-4, 366
Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p115-7
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p189
Dobson, B., 1992, 'The Church of Durham and the Scottish Borders 1378-88' in Goodman, A. and Tuck, A. (eds), War and Border Societies in the Middle Ages (London; Routledge)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p363
Butler, L. and Given-Wilson, C., 1979, Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain (London; Michael Joseph)
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R. Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p69, 476
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p123
Grose, F., 1756, Antiquities of England and Wales Vol4 p109-22
- Journal Articles
- Crossman, W., 1890-1, 'The Recent Ecavations at Holy Island Priory' History of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club Vol13 p225-40
- Guidebooks
- Story, Joanna, 2005, Lindisfarne Priory (English Heritage)
Cambridge, Eric, 1995, Lindisfarne Priory and Holy Island (English Heritage)
O'Sullivan, Deirdre and Young, Robert, 1995, English Heritage book of Lindisfarne, Holy Island (English Heritage)
Halpin, Joanna, 1976, Lindisfarne Castle
Thompson, A.H., 1949, Lindisfarne Priory (London; HMSO)
- Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
- Kelland, C.H., 1982, Ecclesiae Incastellatae: A Documentary and Architectural Study of the Concept of 'Fortified Churches' in England and Wales (M.Phil. Thesis, 2 vols, University College, University of London) p209
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