View W over Holy Island Sands, Northumberland, UK, at half tide showing poles marking ancient pilgrim route from Chare Ends on Holy Island to Beal.

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View W over Holy Island Sands, Northumberland, UK, at half tide showing poles marking the ancient pilgrim route from Chare Ends on Holy Island (Lindisfarne) to Beal Sands on the mainland. Holy Island is a mjor pilgrimage site: St Aidan founded a monastery on the island in AD635, St Cuthbert was its most famous prior (685-7). Monks abandoned the island in 875 after a series of Danish raids beginning in 793. Monks from Durham returned to build the Benedictine priory 1093-1104. It was Dissolved by Henry VIII in 1537; stone from the priory was used to build Lindisfarne Castle.

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Location: Holy Island Sands, Beal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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