Mull, Fionnphort, St Columba Centre
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval), Inscribed Stone (Period Unknown), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Mull, Fionnphort, St Columba Centre
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval), Inscribed Stone (Period Unknown), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 211941
Site Number NM32SW 39
NGR NM 303 231
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/211941
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Reference (2001)
NM32SW 39 303 231
On display in the St Columba Centre, Fionnphort is a wedge-shaped grave-marker, 0.36m by 0.27m, broken at the bottom (Iona stone no 22). It bears a compass-drawn cross with expanded arms, made into a Chi-rho by a hook attached to the upper arm. Along the top edge is a half-uncial inscription reading: LAPIS ECHODI ('The stone of Echoid'). The Old Irish personal name Echoid, Latinised as Echodius, was a common one. Professor K H Jackson suggested a 7th-century date.
I Fisher 2001.