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Iona, Iona Abbey. Photographic copy of plan showing the development c.1200 AD to 1638.
AGD 23/712 P
Description Iona, Iona Abbey. Photographic copy of plan showing the development c.1200 AD to 1638.
Date 1982
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AGD 23/712 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of AGD 23/712
Copies SC 365449, SC 365452, SC 365448, SC 365450, SC 365451
Scope and Content Abbey on Iona, Argyll and Bute The Benedictine abbey of Iona stands 250 m from the W shore of the Sound of Iona and overlies part of the earlier monastery founded by St Columba. The abbey was built around 1200 AD and remodeled several times. It was restored in the 20th century. This is a plan of the abbey as it was during the later 13th century. A large transept with a vaulted E aisle was laid out to the S, and linked to the existing raised presbytery by a stair. It appears to have been abandoned at an early date. The original monastery on Iona was founded by St Columba around AD 563, after he had left Ireland to preach to the Picts. The Irish church continued on Iona until the monastery became part of the Benedictine order around AD 1200. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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