Iona Monastery, Carpenter's Shed
No Class (Event)
Site Name Iona Monastery, Carpenter's Shed
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 281173
Site Number NM22SE 4.10
NGR NM 28648 24551
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/281173
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM22SE 4.10 28648 24551
Excavation (1974)
In 1973 the last of the temporary buildings put up to house the Iona Community during rebuilding, the carpenter’s shed, was dismantled and cleared from its site north-west of the refectory. As the site was to be levelled a short excavation was undertaken in 1974. Very little structured evidence was found in the trench. In contrast there were three very datable finds: imported pottery, moulds and a bell.
Richard Reece 1981, 3, 19
External Reference (28 October 2011)
Scheduled as element within 'The monument known as St Mary's Abbey, Iona, monastic settlement [comprising] the remains of the large early historic monastic settlement founded by St Columba in AD 563, St Martin's Cross, and parts of medieval buildings associated with the Benedictine Abbey of St Mary founded around AD 1200.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 28 October 2011.
