Iona

• Iona is an island off the Isle of Mull, part of the Inner Hebrides on the west coast of Scotland.
• It has been known as the ‘Isle of the Druids’ since antiquity.

Description

• Iona is the location of the ancient Iona Abbey which is the burial site for the graves of Norse Kings, of Irish Kings and Scottish Kings, including Macbeth.
• Iona was one of the Christian seats of learning, along with Lindisfarne, until the Viking Raids which began in 794 CE.
• It is believed that the Book of Kells may have been begun at Iona, before the Monks and the Monastery were forced to move to the Abbey at Kells as a result of the Viking Raids from 794 CE onwards.

Iona Abbey