What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Iona, St Brandon 's Cross as Cross (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.
St Brandon's Cross on Iona is associated with Saint Brendan (or Brandon), a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to the spread of Christianity in the Hebrides. The cross is thought to mark a site of religious significance, possibly connected to early Christian pilgrimage or ritual practices on the island.
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Places near here
IonaGeneral View (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 79 yd
MacLean’s CrossWayside cross · 95 yd
Iona, Maclean's CrossCross (15th Century) · 98 yd
Iona, St Oran's Chapel and Reilig Odhrain Burial GroundBurial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval), Cross Slab (early Medieval), Holy Well (medieval) · 165 yd
St Ronan's BayBay · 271 yd
Iona AbbeyNo Class (event) (20th Century) · 286 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 418 yd
Port nam MairtirBay · 531 yd
Iona, Port An DiseartNo Class (event) (20th Century) · 732 yd
Dùn ÌMountain / peak · 1048 yd
Liath EileanIslet · 1351 yd
Tràigh MhòrBeach / strand · 1515 yd