Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of fragment showing everse of Manx cross L66.
AG 7552
Description Iona, Iona Abbey museum. View of fragment showing everse of Manx cross L66.
Date 1976
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 7552
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 373622
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. Most of the decoration consists of a poor double-strand interlace pattern. Below this is what appears to be a coiled dragon. 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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