16th century rubblework wall, Upper Battery, Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England, UK
There has been a fort on the volcanic crag, the highest point on the otherwise flat Holy Island of Lindisfarne, since Henry VIII’s time – an earthen bulwark built around 1550. This was turned into a stone fort twenty years later in Elizabeth I’s reign. The fort remained manned and armed, though sometimes by just a few men, until 1893, though it saw action only once. It was seized by supporters of James Stuart, the Old Pretender, in 1715 as part of the Jacobite Risings: however, it was quickly retaken. From 1893, it was abandoned apart from occasional used as a Coastguard lookout, and fell into disrepair. But at the turn of the 20th century, Edward Hudson, owner of Country Life magazine, decided to transform it into a holiday home. He employed his friend and renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to rebuild and refurbish it in the Arts and Crafts style from 1903 to 1906. The Castle was given to the National Trust in 1944 and opened to the public in the late 1960s.
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Location: Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland, England, UK
Photo credit: © will Perrett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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