LUNDY ISLAND, a small precipitous island lying off the N. coast of Devonshire, in the Bristol Channel, opposite Bideford Bay, and about 9 miles N.W. of Hartland Head. It is 2½ miles in length from N. to S., by 1½ in width, and contains an area of 920 acres. It consists almost entirely of granite, which rises in lofty cliffs from the sea, affording only one narrow landing-place on the S.E. side, near Rat Island. Here, however, there is a safe anchorage in from 5 to 12 fathoms of water. The land is laid out in pasturage, and swarms with rabbits; while the rocks are inhabited by vast numbers of sea-fowl, especially puffins. This island was originally held by a pirate, named Morisco, in the beginning of the thirteenth century, who erected a fortress on it, which was afterwards garrisoned by Lord Say for Charles I. A lighthouse, with an intermittent and fixed light, stands on the southern extremity, near the ruins of St Anne's chapel. Pop. (1851) 34, chiefly employed in shooting rabbits and sea-fowl for the skins and feathers.