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• Holy Island
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• Holy Island

n islet of Northumberland, 9½ m. SE. of Berwick; is separated from the mainland by a stretch of sand bare at low water, and some 3 m. broad; has interesting ruins of a Benedictine priory church where St. Cuthbert ( q. v .) once ministered; there is a small village and fine old castle.