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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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Monuments: I

1. Iona, St. Martin's Cross. East Face, General View.

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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 High Cross
Location SW angle of the nave of the abbey church
GeneralContext Stone type: Epidiorite
Dimensions 4.3 m high, 0.67 m wide, 0.26 m thick.
GeneralDescription East face of St. Martin's Cross tapering in width towards the top.
East East face.
East Lower panel: 24 entwined serpents, around 3 cruciform bosses.
East Upper panel: decorated around 5 bosses, each covered in interlace
East Central boss is surrounded by 9 small bosses , separated by spirals, within a circle of bead moulding
East Below the central boss, another smaller boss is set in a tangle of interlaced serpents and a triangle (above and below it) of smaller bosses.
East Above the central boss, in the top arm are 2 pairs of lions (beasts/) with long tails curling below them, above and below the upper boss. Their front paws are crossed and form X shapes.

  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.