In Keil Cemetery I came across this memorial, and I’ve never seen anything quite like it. The carved stone is encased in iron, but if the intention was preservation, it hasn’t worked, as both iron and stone are quietly crumbling.

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Just along the road from the hotel sits Keil Cemetery. It is still the burial place for local communities, but it’s also where St Columba supposedly first set foot in Scotland on his way to Iona in 653CE. The ruined chapel is C13, and hidden by thriving vegetation!
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