The high crosses

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St. Oran’s, St. John’s and St. Matthew’s crosses, from left to right, all c. 700s. St. Matthew’s is most eroded, stone softer. The stone for these crosses didn’t come from Iona. The stone here was not soft enough for carving.

26 Aug This entry was published on August 26, 2013 at 11:08 am and is filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

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