What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Poltalloch, Saint Columba's Chapel, Cross as Cross (period Unassigned). 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.
Linked to Saint Columba, an important 6th-century Irish missionary and founder of the monastic community on Iona, the site reflects the spread of his influence across western Scotland. Such crosses were often associated with early Christian worship and may have been sites for prayer, pilgrimage, or local healing traditions.
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