What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Iona, St Oran's Chapel and Reilig Odhrain as Cross(s) (early Medieval), Cross Slab(s) (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The site is associated with early medieval Christian activity on Iona, likely dating to the 6th–9th centuries, and is linked to the foundation of the monastery by St Columba. The crosses and cross slabs may commemorate saints or significant figures in the island's religious history, reflecting the spiritual and artistic traditions of the Insular Celtic Christian world.
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Places near here
Iona, St Oran's Chapel and Reilig Odhrain Burial GroundBurial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval), Cross Slab (early Medieval), Holy Well (medieval) · 31 yd
Iona, St Martin's CrossCross (early Medieval), Cross Base (early Medieval) · 105 yd
Iona AbbeyNo Class (event) (20th Century) · 153 yd
Iona, Iona ChurchParish Church (19th Century) (1828) · 214 yd
MacLean’s CrossWayside cross · 218 yd
St Ronan's BayBay · 413 yd
Iona, Baile MorNo Class (event) (20th Century) · 423 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 554 yd
Port an DiseartBay · 620 yd
Dùn ÌMountain / peak · 903 yd
Liath EileanIslet · 1353 yd
Tràigh BhànBeach / strand · 1543 yd