Iona, MacLean's Cross & Iona Parish Church. General view from East.
A 45915 T
Description Iona, MacLean's Cross & Iona Parish Church. General view from East.
Date 1981
Catalogue Number A 45915 T
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 377646
Scope and Content Parish Church and the carved cross known as MacLean's Cross, on 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 MacLean's Cross with Iona Parish Church in the background. The church was built in 1828 as one of a series of 'Parliamentary kirks' built in the Highlands at that time. Its design closely follows the one published by Telford. MacLean's Cross stands on what is probably its original location - on the west side of the road from the abbey and the nunnery. The cross is the product of the Iona school of carving and it was probably commissioned by a member of the Clan MacLean. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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