Iona
Iona maps (1 available)
Map of Argyll
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
Iona books (2 available)
- 3 photos on Iona appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Iona
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The Slate Islands : Easdale.
THE SLATE ISLANDS
By Walter Deas
Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old villages, megalithic cairns, Iron Age forts, standing stones and castles. One heads south on the Oban - Lochgilphead Road, leaving this road at Kilninver, eventually reaching the Clachan Bridge. It is well known as the Atlantic Bridge as it actually crosses the Atlantic, which flows, between Argyll and Seil Island.
The site was selected as early as 1787, and John Stevenson ...read more here
A memory of Easdale Island contributed by Walter Deas
Cnocaruan
The photograph shows our house in the foreground, originally built in 1890 and has a self-catering extension added on to make the most of the spectacular Falls of Lora. The photos I am looking for are of Connel Bridge under construction. If you do or know of a web page please email cnocaruan@aol.com
A memory of Connel Ferry contributed by gabriella mckenzie
The Whins, North Connel
My mum and dad took me to Scotland when I was a small boy in the 1960s. We stayed at The Whins in North Connel. Jessie the owner cooked all our meals, it was wonderful. She asked me to stay for the rest of the school holidays which I did, and every year I would go and stay with her to keep her company. She became another grandmother to me. I was so happy in Scoltland I got married in Oban in the year 2000. I visited Jessie on her 90th birthday. Then I went to visit and the house was empty and I was told by a neighbour she was in hospital in Oban. I went to see her and ...read more here
A memory of North Connel contributed by dave shann
Post Office Radio Station
The Maritime Radio service of the Post Office had medium wave radio stations at Wick (Caithness) and Port Patrick (Dumfries & Galloway). As the Minches were a very busy area for fishermen from Fleetwood and Milford Haven, it was decided to put a medium wave station in between and the initial site chosen was the airfield at North Connel. The first station was situated in a caravan. The staff were drafted from other stations around the UK Coast and a 24 hour watch was kept to enhance the safety of life at sea in the northwestern approaches. The staff were Donald Morrison (a Lewisman), Angus Stark, Andrew Brown, Sam Kennedy, Stan Hardman (the token Englishman), Bill Moffat and Bob Mason came ...read more here
A memory of North Connel contributed by Graham Allister
Extracts From Iona & Argyll books
Iona lies just off the extreme south-west shores of Mull. In 1203, the Benedictines founded a monastery on the island that lasted until the Reformation. In 1899, the 8th Duke of Argyll presented the ruins of the abbey to the Church of Scotland, in the hope that restoration work might be undertaken. The building was eventually re-roofed, and used for worship once again in 1910.
An extract from from"Scotland".
Iona lies just off the extreme south-west of Mull. In 1203, the Benedictines founded a monastery on the island which lasted until the Reformation. In 1899, the 8th Duke of Argyll presented the ruins of the abbey to the Church of Scotland in the hope that restoration work might be undertaken. The building was eventually re-roofed, and used for worship once again in 1910.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".
Iona was chosen by St Columba in AD 563 as the site for a religious house from where he could carry out his missionary work. St Columba was a member of the O’Neill clan; he left Ireland after the battle of Cuil-dremne. It is said that it was Columba himself who caused the battle: he was accused by the High King of taking a psalter without permission, so Columba appealed to his clan for help in clearing his name, and the matter was settled by sword and axe.
An extract from from"Scotland".
It was chosen by St Columba in AD 563 as the site for a religious house from where he could carry out his missionary work. St Columba was a member of the O’Neill clan; he left Ireland after the battle of Cuil-dremne. It is said that it was Columba himself who caused the battle: he was accused by the High King of taking a psalter without permission, so Columba appealed to his clan for help in clearing his name, and the matter was settled by sword and axe.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".
The island of Iona, near Mull off the west coast of Scotland, is known as the cradle of Scottish Christianity or ‘The Mecca of Gael’. St Columba built his monastery here in AD563. The medieval abbey church was rebuilt in the 1930s and became the home of the famous Iona community.
An extract from from"Ancient Monuments and Stone Circles Photographic Memories".