Category
Holy Islands
Faith carried to the edge of the sea.
2 destinations
3/5 SignificanceHoly Island, United Kingdom
Lindisfarne
A tidal island where Irish monks brought Christianity to northern England — and where the Viking Age began in 793.
3/5 · Well attested
3/5 SignificanceIsle of Iona, United Kingdom
Iona Abbey
Columba landed here from Ireland in 563 and the Christianity of Scotland went out from a Hebridean island a mile and a half wide.
3/5 · Well attested