Lindisfarne Castle

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Lindisfarne Castle is a small 16th-century fortress dramatically perched on a rocky hill on Holy Island off the northeast coast of England, now a popular historic and scenic landmark.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf castle
fortress
historic building
tourist attraction
accessRestrictedBy tidal causeway
builtInCentury 16th century
builtOn basalt outcrop
constructionStart 1550s
convertedTo country house
country England
elevation rocky hill
gardenDesigner Gertrude Jekyll
hasFeature battlements
courtyard
gun ports
harbour views
walled garden
hasViewOf Bamburgh
surface form: Bamburgh Castle

Farne Islands
Lindisfarne Priory
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
interiorDesigner Edwin Lutyens
locatedIn Holy Island
North East England
Northumberland
locatedNear Scottish border
locatedOn Holy Island
surface form: Holy Island of Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne
North Sea coast
managedBy National Trust
materialUsed stone
nearbyFeature Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve
nearbySettlement Holy Island
surface form: Holy Island village
notableFor dramatic coastal setting
historic military architecture
picturesque silhouette
openToPublic true
originalFunction coastal defence fort
military garrison
overlooks Lindisfarne harbour
surface form: Lindisfarne Harbour

North Sea
ownedBy National Trust
partOf Holy Island landscape
restorationEnd 1906
restorationStart 1902
restoredBy Edwin Lutyens
touristAttraction popular
usedFor defence against Scottish raids
defence against seaborne attack

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Lindisfarne hasFeature Lindisfarne Castle
Lindisfarne Castle (remodelling) appliesTo Lindisfarne Castle
Lindisfarne Castle (remodelling) locatedIn Lindisfarne Castle
Lindisfarne Castle (remodelling) heritageContext Lindisfarne Castle
this entity surface form: Lindisfarne Castle is a National Trust property
Holy Island hasLandmark Lindisfarne Castle
Northumberland Coast AONB hasNotableSite Lindisfarne Castle
Northumberland County containsLandmark Lindisfarne Castle