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See MacLean's Cross, Isle of Iona, Scotland
MacLean's Cross is along Iona’s ancient ‘street of the dead’. This finely carved stone cross dating to the 1400s. Pilgrims filing up from the boats would have stopped here to say a prayer on their way to Iona Abbey and St Columba’s Shrine.
There is a plaque on the base of the cross facing the lane which reads: -
"Medieval pilgrims paused here to pray on their approach to the abbey. On this side of the cross they could contemplate eternal interlace designs sprouting from the tails of two beasts. On the other side, is the poignant image of the crucifixion. Erected around 1500, the cross was paid for by the powerful Maclean family - a public display of their support for the Abbey".
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