Iona
A small island off the Ross of Mull, where Saint Columba founded a monastery in 563. Its abbey was a centre of Gaelic Christianity for three centuries and still draws pilgrims and people looking for quiet.
- Where
- Fionnphort, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 56.3300, -6.4100
Get the Iona stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Iona. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Scotland volume with your photos and a note.
Near Iona
Fingal's Cave 12 km
A sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, its walls made of tall six-sided basalt columns. It is known for the echoing sound of the waves inside, which inspired Mendelssohn's Hebrides overture, and takes its name from the hero of James Macpherson's poems.
Glenfinnan Viaduct 85 km
A curving concrete railway viaduct on the West Highland Line, built between 1897 and 1901 at the head of Loch Shiel. The Jacobite steam train crosses it in summer, and it became famous as the route of the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films.
Ben Nevis 101 km
The highest mountain in the British Isles, at 1,345 metres, at the western end of the Grampian Mountains above Fort William. A well-trodden path leads to the summit, where the ruins of an old weather observatory still stand.
Fairy Pools 103 km
A chain of clear pools and small waterfalls on a burn in Glen Brittle, at the foot of the Cuillin mountains on Skye. The water is a vivid blue green, and wild swimmers brave its very cold water.
Loch Lomond 111 km
A long freshwater loch that straddles the Highland Boundary Fault, so its southern end lies in the Lowlands and its northern end in the Highlands. Its southern shore is about 23 kilometres from Glasgow, and it sits within a national park set up in 2002.
Isle of Skye 114 km
The largest and most northerly of the big islands of the Inner Hebrides, joined to the mainland by a bridge. Its peninsulas spread out from the jagged Cuillin mountains, and its coast is full of sea cliffs, pinnacles and small harbours.
Eilean Donan Castle 118 km
A castle on a small tidal island where three sea lochs meet in the western Highlands, joined to the shore by a stone footbridge. First built in the 13th century, it was a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie, and the present castle was rebuilt in the early 20th century.
Giant's Causeway 121 km
About 40,000 interlocking basalt columns on the north Antrim coast, left by an ancient volcanic eruption. Legend says the giant Finn McCool built it as a path to Scotland, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Questions
Where is Iona?
Iona is in Fionnphort, Scotland, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Fingal's Cave (12 km), Glenfinnan Viaduct (85 km), Ben Nevis (101 km).
How do I get the Iona stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Iona and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Scotland volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Iona before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Scotland volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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