Islay: Kildalton Cross

Kildalton Cross is the only complete, unbroken, early Christian wheel cross to survive in Scotland. It was carved in the late 700s.

The Cross stands beside a roofless church (probably 13th century). Along an interior wall, there is a very imposing and large carving of a warrior. I don't know whether this was once a burial slab, on top of a grave, or was originally a wall decoration.

Kildalton Church is on the east side of Islay.