A Son of the Rock

The most outstanding feature of the Lindisfarne skyline is Lindisfarne Castle – instantly recognisable. It’s now in the care of the National Trust.

The castle entrance is very restricted, up a flight of fairly narrow wooden steps, but there is a wider plaza above:-

One of the rooms has a ship model hanging from the ceiling!

Fireplace in kitchen. (This is flanked by a cupboard and a settle):-

Kitchen cupboard:-

Settle:-

Reverse of settle:-

Walled garden from Lindisfarne Castle. The garden was designed by famous gardener Gertrude Jekyll. The surroundings on Lindisfarne are so bleak and windswept there has to be a wall round it in order for anything to grow.

From the island side the castle looks very different:-

Castle from walled garden. Apparently the area just to the left of the castle in the photo above was where the Vikings would coast up back in the day as the sea reached in further then:-