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Starting in the early 700s, monks of the community produced the famous illuminated manuscript known as the [[Lindisfarne Gospels]], an illustrated Latin copy of the [[Gospels]] of Mark, Luke, Matthew and John in the manuscript tradition of the [[Book of Kells]]. Sometime in the 900s a monk named Eadfrith added an Anglo-Saxon (Old English) gloss to the Latin text, producing one of the earliest Old English copies of the [[Gospels]]. The Gospels are illustrated in a Celtic style, and were originally covered with a fine metal case made by a [[hermit]]. This, however, was lost when Viking raids in 793 sacked the monastery, killed many of the community, and forced the monks to flee (taking with them the body of St. Cuthbert, which is now buried at the cathedral in Durham). The Lindisfarne Gospels now reside in the British Library in London, somewhat to the annoyance of some Northumbrians. The priory was re-established in Norman times as a Benedictine house and continued until its suppression in 1536 under Henry VIII. It is now a ruin in the care of English Heritage who also run a museum and visitor center nearby. The neighbouring parish church (see below) is still in use.

Lindisfarne also has the small Lindisfarne Castle, based on a Tudor fort, which was refurbished in the Arts and Crafts style by Sir Edwin Lutyens and has a garden created by Gertrude Jekyll. The castle, garden and nearby lime kilns are in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors.

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