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Iona
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Despite its remote location, Iona is easily reached by ferry. Many visitors make the pilgrimage every year.

This section offers a brief guide to the island’s places to visit. It deals chiefly with the monuments in Historic Scotland’s care – Iona Abbey, Iona Nunnery and MacLean’s Cross. But it also touches on other points of interest to the visitor.

Iona Abbey

A brief guide to the main buildings, ruins and artefacts that survive from the abbey’s long history.

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Iona Abbey
Iona Nunnery

A brief guide to the attractive ruins of a once-flourishing religious house.


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Iona Nunnery
The Island

A brief guide to Iona’s other sites of historical interest.



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The Island