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Iona, general. Plan showing Early Christian sunken crosses.
AGD 527/45
Description Iona, general. Plan showing Early Christian sunken crosses.
Date c. 1970
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AGD 527/45
Category Prints and Drawings
Copies AGD 527/45 P, SC 370845, SC 370847, SC 370849
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 roughly rectangular slab was originally recorded as being in Reilig Odhrain. Each face bears a shallow sunken cross with slightly splayed arms. The stone is now in the Abbey Museum, though it is un-numbered. 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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