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Iona, general. Plan showing Early Christian non-ringed relief crosses.

SC 370860

Description Iona, general. Plan showing Early Christian non-ringed relief crosses.

Catalogue Number SC 370860

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AGD 527/44

Scope and Content Relief-carved cross from Iona, Argyll and Bute Iona is one of the most important religious sites in Scotland. The earliest community was formed by St Columba who came over from Ireland around AD 563. This was replaced by the Benedictine Abbey and Augustinian Nunnery in around AD 1200. This stone was recorded as being in the Nunnery, but has now been lost. One side has been carved with a cross carved in low relief. It features stubby side-arms and rounded angles. A number of early Christian cross-incised stones have been found on Iona. They were probably grave-markers, or possibly boundary-markers, with those decorated on both sides standing upright, and the rest being recumbent. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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