Doorway of St Oran's Chapel. Iona

Category

Library Item

Item no

24549

Title

Doorway of St Oran's Chapel. Iona

Artist / maker

Wilson, George Washington

Date

1863

Size

19.4 x 11.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The small chapel that stands in the burial ground is dedicated to St Oran (also known as Ódhrán) and is thought to be the oldest church still standing on Iona. Oran was one of St Columba's original companions when he first founded the abbey on Iona, and was apparently the first of the companions to die there, in 548.

It's thought that the Romanesque doorway of St Oran's chapel was added in the 12th Century, possibly during the reign of the Norse-Gaelic king Somerled (d. 1165).

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Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

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