House in Iona

House in Iona

ID: QZP99_94157_07_11 DESCRIPTION: This house was photographed on the shores of Iona, a small island off the west tip of Mull. It is only three miles long and a mile and half wide. It is a low-lying island with white sandy beaches. The highest point on the island is Dun I at approximately 100m or 328ft. Iona is famous as the landing place of St Columba when he left Ireland in 563 AD. He established a religious community on the island and the wooden monastery they built was later replaced with a stone building. The monastery was left to ruin after the Reformation but has since been restored and is used by the Iona Community as a place of pilgrimage and worship. This image comes from a collection gifted to Edinburgh Central Library by Dr Isabel F. Grant. The collection includes photographs taken by a number of different photographers. Although the precise date of the photograph is unknown, it was registered with the publisher, Valentine, in 1878. The major archive of monochrome topographical views by James Valentine & Co. is held by the University of St Andrews Library. PLACENAME: Iona DISTRICT: Mull OLD COUNTY/PARISH: ARGYLL: Kilfinchen and Kilvickeon CREATOR (AV): J Valentine & Co. DATE OF IMAGE: 1877 (c.) PERIOD: 1870s SOURCE: Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, Edinburgh Central Library COLLECTION: I F Grant Photographic Archive Asset ID: 38795 KEYWORDS: