STORY SCOTLAND
ST COLUMBA & IONA

The story

Dunkeld Cathedral

Ecclesiastical and political centre connected to Macbeth's defeat of Crínán in 1045.

Why these stories meet here

Macbeth — the real king behind Shakespeare: Ecclesiastical and political centre connected to Macbeth's defeat of Crínán in 1045.

St Columba & Iona: Major afterlife of Columba's cult after relics were brought from Iona in 849.

The story on the ground

Later fabric and current conservation restrictions.

What the evidence supports

Later fabric and current conservation restrictions.

Legacy after Columba; later fabric.

Before you go

  • Later fabric and current conservation restrictions.
Directions

Explore further

Sources — HES; Dunkeld Cathedral (own history page)