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Baile Mor, the main settlement on the Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Iona Abbey (early 13th C), Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Part of Baile Mor and Iona Abbey from the Sound of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Baile Mor, the main settlement on the Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

The Augustinian Nunnery of St Mary the Virgin (c 1200), Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis ssp muralis) growing in the stonework of the ruined medieval Iona nunnery, Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis ssp muralis) growing in the stonework of the ruined medieval Augustinian nunnery, Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes), growing in the stonework of the ruined medieval Iona nunnery, Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

East face of MacLean's Cross (late 15th C), Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Iona Parish Church (1828), Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Oran's Burial Ground (Reilig Odhrain) with Oran's Chapel (left) and Iona Abbey beyond, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Saint Oran's Chapel (12th C), Iona Abbey, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Carved grave slabs (stones) in Saint Oran's Chapel (12th C), Iona Abbey, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Saint Oran's Chapel (12th C), Iona Abbey, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Iona Abbey (early 13th C), Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Group of worshippers listening to a Bible reading by St Martin's Cross, Iona Abbey, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

St Martin's Cross (8th or 9th Century), standing intact and in its original position in front of Iona Abbey, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Iona Abbey (early 13th C), Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Cloister capital detail by sculptor Christopher Hall, Iona Abbey, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

The Cloister (largely reconstructed in 1950s), Iona Abbey, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

The Cloister (largely reconstructed in 1950s) with Descent of the Spirit sculpture (1959) by Lithuanian Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973), Iona Abbey, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

The Abbey Church, Iona Abbey, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Stained glass window of St Columba, Iona Abbey Church, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Wire sculpture, Iona Abbey Church, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

The Abbey Church, Iona Abbey, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Carved marble effigies of the 8th Duke of Argyll and Duchess Ina, Abbey Church, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

The Font, Iona Abbey Church, Isle of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Saint Columba's Shrine (c 750AD), originally built to house the sacred relics of St Columba, Iona Abbey, Inner Hebrides, Scotland