Iona, St Oran's Chapel. View of tomb showing detail of crucifix.
AG 8258
Description Iona, St Oran's Chapel. View of tomb showing detail of crucifix.
Date 1976
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 8258
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 373641
Scope and Content St Oran's Chapel, 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 image shows a detail from the hood-mould of the 15th-century tomb-recess in St Oran's Chapel. It comes from the apex of the arch, and comprises a framed panel with a relief-carved figure of the Crucified Christ inside. The chapel stands at the north end of the burial-ground, Reilig Odhrain. Both are named after a cousin of Columba. In the later Middle Ages it became the burial-place of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles and the chaplainry. It was restored in 1957. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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