ST RONAN'S CHURCH - IONA

A little to the north of the nunnery, but today sharing the same grounds, is an oblong building constructed of the same mix of red and grey stone used in the nunnery itself. This is St Ronan's Church and served as the parish church of Iona from around 1200 until the Reformation in 1560. Thereafter islanders had no formal place of worship until a new parish church was built in 1828. St Ronan's Church was restored in 1923 and again in 1993, and is now home to the Nunnery Museum. The Chapel has been re-roofed to house many of the interesting carved stones that were formerly found in the grounds of the Abbey.