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    Monuments: I
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    1. Ilam
    2. Ilkley
    3. Ilkley
    4. Ilkley
    5. Ilkley
    6. Ilkley
    7. Ilkley
    8. Ilkley
    9. Ilkley
    10. Ilkley
    11. Ilkley
    12. Inchbrayock (Rossie Island) Cross Slab
    13. Ingleby
    14. Ingleby
    15. Ingleby
    16. Inglesham
    17. Iona, Eochoid stone cross.
    18. Iona, St. John's Cross, East face.
    19. Iona, St. John's Cross, west view.
    20. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. East Face, Close up.
    21. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. East Face, General View.
    22. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, close up of Abraham and Isaac
    23. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, detailed view of Abraham and Isaac panel, with top of David's head.
    24. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, detailed view of cross head and left arm
    25. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, detailed view of cross head Blessed Virgin Mary
    26. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, detailed view of top panel of shaft, Daniel in the lion's den.
    27. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, Detail of lowest ornamental panel, and David and Goliath panel.
    28. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, Detail of Psalmist, David and Goliath, and top of lower panel.
    29. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, Detail of Psalmist and David and Goliath.
    30. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, detail of top arm and centre cross head
    31. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, General View.
    32. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, General View. Top.
    33. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, lower scene, detail of David and Goliath panel, left side.
    34. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, lower three figure scene
    35. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, right of lower scene.
    36. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. West Face, top half of shaft
    37. Iona, St. Matthew's Cross, East face.
    38. Iona, St. Oran's Cross, detail on shaft.
    39. Iona, St. Oran's Cross, detail on the front of left arm.
    40. Iona, St. Oran's Cross, front of upper arm.
    41. Iona, Stone with carved ship.
    42. Iona, Stone with carved ship.
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1. Iona, St. John's Cross, East face.

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RecordAuthor Máirín Mac Carron
ISODate 2002-06-07
Date 7 June 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Argyll, Isle of Mull
Townland Iona
OSMapRef NM 285242 (128525, 724212)
Area Scotland
GeneralContext Ringed Cross.
Location Originally stood west from the small chapel known as 'St.Columba's Shrine' and north-west from the west door of the abbey church.
GeneralContext Stone type: chlorite-schist
Dimensions cross is now 5.3 m high, width tapers from 0.54 m at the bottom to 0.48 m at the top, and thickness from 0.26 m to 0.22 m.
GeneralDescription East face of large, ringed, decorated cross.
GeneralDescription The East face of the shaft is divided into three panels, with bosses and serpent bodied creatures.

  1. The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: An Inventory of the Monuments. Vol. 4. Iona. 1, HMSO, Edinburgh (1982) High Cross, Archaeology, Scotland, Iona, Isle of Mull.
  2. Allen, J. R., Anderson, J., The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland., Pinkfoot Press, Balgavies, Angus (1993) Descriptions, Stone, Sculpture, Monuments, Scotland.