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Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of fragment of reverse side of Manx cross L66.

SC 373670

Description Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of fragment of reverse side of Manx cross L66.

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 373670

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AG 7551 PO

Scope and Content Fragment of a free-standing cross-slab, 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 view shows one face of a cross-shaft that is Scandinavian in style. The stone is rather weathered, making the carving hard to interpret. It comprises a longship and a group of figures. It is now in the Abbey Museum (No 49). This stone is definitely Scandinavian in style, with the poor interlace design common in later Scandinavian ornament. One theory is that it was erected as a memorial to Godfred, King of Man, who was buried on Iona in 1187, but this is unlikely. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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