Old Photograph Celtic Cross Campbeltown Scotland

Old photograph of the Celtic Cross in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. This cross dates from around 1380. The stone is eleven feet in height and includes the largest known disc head. It is formed from distinctive rock, a schist from Loch Sween, and intricately carved, with Celtic designs, featuring foliage, Saints, a mermaid, sea-monster and other animals. It was erected at a church at Kilkivan near Machrihanish and an inscription suggests it commemorates Sir Ivor MacEachern, its Minister, and was commissioned by his son Sir Andrew MacEachern. It seems to have been moved to Campbeltown after the Reformation.



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