Iona Monastery, Old Guest House
No Class (Event)
Site Name Iona Monastery, Old Guest House
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 281060
Site Number NM22SE 4.08
NGR NM 28636 24531
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/281060
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinichen And Kilvickeon
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM22SE 4.08 28636 24531
Excavation (1967 - 1974)
In 1967 a rescue excavation was undertaken in advance of proposals to build a New Guest House. The trench was further extended in 1968 and 1974.
Richard Reece 1981, 3, 29
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.
