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Iona, St Columba Hotel
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Iona, St Columba Hotel
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Carraig Bheig
Canmore ID 204398
Site Number NM22SE 108
NGR NM 28543 24374
NGR Description Circa NM 28543 24374
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/204398
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Reference (2001)
NM22SE 108 NM 285 243
(Iona 40) Now at Carraig Beag, the former Free Church (NM 2843 2373) at Port nam Mairtir; found in re-use in the courtyard W of the St Columba Hotel, in 1977. Worn and broken slab measuring 1.40m by 0.42m. It bears a long shaft having at one end a ringed cross with round sunken armpits and at the other a plain cross with small depressions at the armpits.
I Fisher 2001.
Archaeological Evaluation (July 2005)
The Glebe Field, Iona. Archaeological evaluation in Argyll and Bute by GUARD
