. The earth and its inhabitants .. . astle contains valuable paintings and collections of various kinds, andthe park which surrounds it forms one of the great attractions of the neighbourhood. The coast of Northumberland, to the north of the Aln and as far as BudleBay, is bounded by limestone cliffs, and at a few places by basalt. On one such* Peel tower, derived from pila, a stake, pillar, statue. NORTHUMBEELAND. 297 mass of columnar basalt is perched the ancient castle of Dunstanborough, whosefoundation dates probably back to a period anterior to that of the basaltic promontor
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . astle contains valuable paintings and collections of various kinds, andthe park which surrounds it forms one of the great attractions of the neighbourhood. The coast of Northumberland, to the north of the Aln and as far as BudleBay, is bounded by limestone cliffs, and at a few places by basalt. On one such* Peel tower, derived from pila, a stake, pillar, statue. NORTHUMBEELAND. 297 mass of columnar basalt is perched the ancient castle of Dunstanborough, whosefoundation dates probably back to a period anterior to that of the basaltic promontory is crowned with Bamhorough Castle, which formerlydefended a town of importance, now represented by a small fishing village. Offthis castle lie the basaltic Farn Islands, where seals are met with, and whichabound in sea-birds. The largest of these islands has an old chapel and a grave-yard, associated with the name of St. Cuthbert; while one of the smallest, a mere Fig. 147.—Holy an Admiralty Chart. Scale 1 : 120, 2 Miles. patch of rock rising a few feet above the water, is occupied by the Longs tone RockLighthouse, the home of Grace Darling. A little farther north is Holy Island, famous in ecclesiastical history on accountof its cathedral of Lindisfarne, the site of which is occupied by the ruins of a priorychurch, a miniature imitation of Durham Cathedral. The river Till skirts the southern and eastern foot of the Cheviot Hills, and enters the Tweed about 12 miles above its mouth at Berwick-on-Tweed. Wooler, an old market town, is the principal place in the valley of the Till. Humbleton, or Homildon Hill, in its neighbourhood, is crowned with a circular 128 298 THE BRITISH ISLES. entrenchment, and rises in the centre of the field on which Percy, Earl of North-umberland, defeated a Scotch army in 1402. The more famous Field of Flodden,the scene of the crushing defeat and death of James IV., lies 8 miles to the north-west, not far from the Tweed. Chillingham
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