Show lundy island given its narrie name by cruel vikings lundy 61 ii lind ind a tiny hay three ind nl one half miles mile long by one link half mile wide in the bristol channel 12 miles julle olt off he or devon has no handed li down by bv word of as aji ait he be expected of a place inhabited from prehistoric times I 1 tin no population until lint recently had I 1 been well able to maintain itself more than 9 few before being violently I 1 by another the alie remains rem ians or of bases of round towers similar to those archaeological archeological arche enigmas lo in ireland ale aie reminders of an early celtic habitation the name lundy mea meaning ninn puffin island in tile the norse norsa language wis was given it by the vikings who used it as a base for their sea raids abter after the lle norman conquest it fell to the marisco farIsco IN family a younger branch of the Plantage nets ts who maintained themselves there for some two centuries in a huge stone castle with walls vails nine dille feet thick a considerable apart part of w which billeb Is standing and which chic it on its high headland location Is visible lor for rolles miles around the were a troublesome lot and twice were ordered off and the island given to the knights templar but neither time did the fC knights nights actually obtain possession several members of the family faini i were plain pirates one was flanged for participation in a plot to assassinate henry ill III and the last of ithe hie line was be headed for being on itile alio wrong side in tile tha Baron war which resulted in lie deposing of edward 11 II |