Iona, Iona Nunnery. Detail of cloister fragments.
AG 6335
Description Iona, Iona Nunnery. Detail of cloister fragments.
Date 1973
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 6335
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 368636
Scope and Content Cloister-arcade of Iona Nunnery, Argyll an Bute The remains of this Augustinian nunnery stand on sheltered ground about 400 m south-west of the Abbey. They comprise the nunnery church and portions of the associated conventual buildings standing on the south side. The remains date from the 13th century. Very little evidence of the cloister-arcade now survives, though enough fragments remain to give an idea of how it looked. It was first built during the 13th century. During the 15th century, the east range was rebuilt allowing for a larger cloister area. This is a view of one of the surviving quoin-stones (corner blocks) from the cloister-arcade. Two stones now survive in the Abbey Museum, both of which probably come from the corner-piers of the arcade. This face is carved with an complex keywork design. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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