The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest building on Holy Island and the only building that retains work from the Saxon period

Part of external brick wall of the Church of St Mary the Virgin

Detail of brickwork

Lindisfarne Priory founded by St Aidan in AD 635, but St Cuthbert, prior of Lindisfarne, is the most celebrated of the priory's holy men.

Statue of St Aidan

The island is only accessible at low tide and one ignores the warning at one's peril! Thankfully, we didn't!!