Iona Abbey museum No.4. Early Christian cross-marked stone. I Fisher 2001, p.127 (10).
SC 377994
Description Iona Abbey museum No.4. Early Christian cross-marked stone. I Fisher 2001, p.127 (10).
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 377994
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 606
Scope and Content Incised 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 is in the Abbey Museum (No 4). It is a simple water-worn boulder incised with a Latin cross. This has been cut with a V-shaped groove. The end of the shaft is forked, whilst the three arms have triangular terminals. A number of early Christian cross-incised stones have been found on Iona. They were probably grave-markers, or possibly boundary-markers: those decorated on both sides stood upright, the rest having been recumbent. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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