Figure and Ground

Lindisfarne, Northumberland UK

Site of Bishops' Palace?

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Lindisfarne, Northumberland UK. Background: Benedictine Priory. Foreground: path along heugh - site of Anglo-Saxon foundation associated with Saints Aidan and Cuthbert?

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Lindisfarne, just south of Scotland/England border

Priory: site of Bishops' Palace?

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Lindisfarne, 793 - first Viking raid on Britain.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - "In this year fierce, foreboding omens came over the land of Northumbria. There were excessive whirlwinds, lightning storms, and fiery dragons were seen flying in the sky. These signs were followed by great famine, and on January 8th the ravaging of heathen men destroyed God's church at Lindesfarne."

Reeenactment in the remains of the Norman priory, 2006.

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UK coastal defences 1941.

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