Steve Pellatt
Return to the Holy Island
Holy Island, Northumberland UK
Well I couldn't not visit the Holy island on my recent trip north could I. I'd had a reasonably successful visit here back in Sept 2022 www.flickr.com/photos/184798091@N07/albums/72177720301897... but there were definitely more images to be had.
Looking at the tide timetables I decided that as I'd done a sunrise there last time I'd go for a sunset but wanted a chance to explore. Whilst not a new location the above is a new composition for me which appealed. It's a bit like Dungeness there in that there are many striking images to be had it's easy to include too much. I hope I haven't done this here and think the 65:24 crop works well given conditions when I shot this.
Holy Island (Lindisfarne) is situated off the Northumberland coast in the north east of England, just a few miles south of the border with Scotland. The island is linked to the mainland by a causeway which twice a day is covered by the tide.
Possibly the holiest site of Anglo-Saxon England, Lindisfarne was founded by St. Aidan, an Irish monk, who came from Iona, the centre of Christianity in Scotland. St Aidan converted Northumbria to Christianity at the invitation of its king, Oswald. St. Aidan founded Lindisfarne Monastery on Holy Island in 635, becoming its first Abbot and Bishop. The Lindisfarne Gospels, a 7th century illuminated Latin manuscript written here, is now in the British Museum.
The island of Lindisfarne with its wealthy monastery was a favourite stop-over for Viking raiders from the end of the 8th century. These Vikings raiders obviously concerned the monks somewhat as they vacated the monastery and did not return for 400 years. Lindisfarne continued as an active religious site from the 12th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537.
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Lindis...
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Return to the Holy Island
Holy Island, Northumberland UK
Well I couldn't not visit the Holy island on my recent trip north could I. I'd had a reasonably successful visit here back in Sept 2022 www.flickr.com/photos/184798091@N07/albums/72177720301897... but there were definitely more images to be had.
Looking at the tide timetables I decided that as I'd done a sunrise there last time I'd go for a sunset but wanted a chance to explore. Whilst not a new location the above is a new composition for me which appealed. It's a bit like Dungeness there in that there are many striking images to be had it's easy to include too much. I hope I haven't done this here and think the 65:24 crop works well given conditions when I shot this.
Holy Island (Lindisfarne) is situated off the Northumberland coast in the north east of England, just a few miles south of the border with Scotland. The island is linked to the mainland by a causeway which twice a day is covered by the tide.
Possibly the holiest site of Anglo-Saxon England, Lindisfarne was founded by St. Aidan, an Irish monk, who came from Iona, the centre of Christianity in Scotland. St Aidan converted Northumbria to Christianity at the invitation of its king, Oswald. St. Aidan founded Lindisfarne Monastery on Holy Island in 635, becoming its first Abbot and Bishop. The Lindisfarne Gospels, a 7th century illuminated Latin manuscript written here, is now in the British Museum.
The island of Lindisfarne with its wealthy monastery was a favourite stop-over for Viking raiders from the end of the 8th century. These Vikings raiders obviously concerned the monks somewhat as they vacated the monastery and did not return for 400 years. Lindisfarne continued as an active religious site from the 12th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537.
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Lindis...
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.