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Lindisfarne Priory is a monastic site located on Holy Island in Northumberland, founded as a Benedictine monastery in the early seventh century and subsequently developed as a significant religious community in medieval northern England. The site was established around 635 by Irish monks from Iona under Saint Aidan and became one of the most important centres of Christian learning and artistic production in Anglo-Saxon England, famously associated with the creation of the Lindisfarne Gospels. Following the Viking raid of 793, the monastery was eventually refounded as a Benedictine cell dependent upon Durham Cathedral Priory in the eleventh century, continuing as a religious house until its dissolution in 1536. The surviving remains include the substantial ruins of the Norman and Gothic priory church, with elements of monastic buildings visible on the site, representing continuous religious occupation from the early medieval period through the later Middle Ages.
Lindisfarne Priory pre-Conquest monastery and post-Conquest Benedictine cell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011650. View the official record →
Lindisfarne Priory is a monastic site located on Holy Island in Northumberland, founded as a Benedictine monastery in the early seventh century and subsequently developed as a significant religious community in medieval northern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011650.
Lindisfarne Priory pre-Conquest monastery and post-Conquest Benedictine cell is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011650.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boundary cross 170m south west of Herring House (0.1 km), Medieval chapel and associated building on St Cuthbert's Isle (0.3 km), The Fort on the Heugh and underlying midden (0.3 km).
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