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Lindisfarne Priory

The ruins of Lindisfarne Priory are in Lindisfarne village on the low lying part of Holy Island (Lindisfarne.)

Just outside the ruins themselves there is a statue of St Aidan:-

St Aidan Statue Outside Lindisfarne Priory

Lindisfarne Priory:-

Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, National Trust

Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, National Trust

Lindisfarne Priory,Holy Island, National Trust

Lindisfarne Priory

Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, English Heritage

Part of Lindisfarne Priory

Part of grounds, St Mary’s Church in background:-

Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, English Heritage

More ruins in the grounds:-

Ruins In Grounds of Lindisfarne Priory

More of Lindisfarne Priory

In Lindisfarne Priory Grounds

St Cuthbert‘s statue:-

St Cuthbert's Statue, Lindisfarne Priory

Lindisfarne Priory,St Cuthbert

Dedication Plaque (to Cuthbert of Farne):-

St Cuthbert's Statue Plaque, Lindisfarne Priory

In St Mary’s Church (see above) is this life-size wooden statue of Lindisfarne monks carrying St Cuthbert’s body round Northumbria in an attempt to find a safe place to bury him away from Viking pillagers. (Eventually he was interred in Durham Cathedral.)

Sculpture in St Mary's Church Lindisfarne

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