supposed to be the Colonia of Ptolemy, and called by Bede the city Coldana and of Colud (Coludum), is situated on the borders of Scotland, about two miles from Eyemouth, and once was famous for its convent. This was the oldest nunnery in Scotland, for here the virgin-wife Etheldreda took the veil in 670; but, from the ancient name Coludum, it should seem that it had previously been inhabited by the religious order called Culdees. In 870 it was destroyed by the Danes; but its name is rendered memorable by the heroism of its nuns, who, to preserve themselves inviolate from these invaders, cut off their lips and noses; and having thus rendered themselves objects of horror, were, with their abess Ebba, burnt in the monastery by the disappointed savages. In 1098 King Edgar founded on its site a priory of Benedictines in honour of St Cuthbert, and bestowed it on the monks of Durham.