What is Lindisfarne Castle?
[[File:Lindisfarne Castle 3.JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|View of Lindisfarne Castle, on Holy Island, Northumberland}}]] '''Lindisfarne Castle''' is a [[castle]] on [[Lindisfarne|Holy Island]], near [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]], [[Northumberland]], [[England]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitnorthumberland.com/historic-sites/lindisfarne-castle |title=Lindisfarne Castle |access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> The [[island]] is accessible from the mainland at [[low tide]] by means of a [[causeway]]. A [[fort]] was built here in 1550 during the time of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]].<ref name=closureNT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lindisfarne-castle/features/lindisfarne-castle-closure---how-we-got-to-this-point |title=Lindisfarne Castle closure - How we got to this point |publisher=National Trust |access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> About 20 years later it was replaced by a stone fortress.<ref name=closureNT/> It was abandoned in 1893 and afterwards used as a [[lookout]] by the [[Her Majesty's Coastguard|Coastguard]].<ref name=closureNT/> In 1903, repair work started to change the fortress into a home by the new owner, [[Edward Hudson]].<ref name=closureNT/> In 1944, it was donated to the National Trust. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Castles in England]] [[Category:Lindisfarne]] [[Category:16th-century buildings and structures]]