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St Oran's Chapel, Iona. View of exterior doorway c.1900.

AG 12794

Description St Oran's Chapel, Iona. View of exterior doorway c.1900.

Date c. 1900

Catalogue Number AG 12794

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 377103

Scope and Content View of exterior doorway of St Oran's Chapel, Iona Iona is one of the most important religious sites in Scotland. The earliest community formed by St Columba who came over from Ireland around 563AD. This was replaced by the Benedictine Abbey and Augustinian Nunnery in around 1200AD. The chapel has its origins in the 12th century. This image shows three ladies framed in the exterior doorway of the Chapel. This doorway consists of two rounded columns, surmounted by a chevroned double arch. 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 MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, and the chaplainry. It was restored in 1957. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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