Old Photograph Kildalton Cross Scotland

Old photograph of Kildalton Cross, Islay, Scotland. This is a monolithic high cross in Celtic cross form in the churchyard cemetery of the former parish church of Kildalton, from Scottish Gaelic Cill Daltain, " Church of the Foster Son " i.e. St John the Evangelist, on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides. It was carved probably in the second half of the 8th century AD, and is closely related to crosses of similar date on the isle of Iona. It is often considered the finest surviving Celtic cross in Scotland, and is certainly one of the most perfect monuments of its date to survive on western Europe.



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