Iona, Early Christian Monastery

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Iona, Early Christian Monastery as Monastic Settlement (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Linked to Saint Columba, the 6th-century Irish monk who founded the monastery on Iona in 563 AD, the site became a major center of Early Christian learning and missionary activity in Scotland. The island's holy wells and rituals are associated with healing and pilgrimage traditions, with folklore emphasizing the spiritual purity of its waters.