St Oran's Cemetery Reilig Odhrain
The "Street of the Dead" runs westward to St Oran's Cemetery, Scotland's oldest Christian graveyard, where more than 60 Scottish kings are buried. Among the graves are those of Kenneth MacAlpin, who unified Scotland, Macbeth and his victim Duncan; all the tombstones, however, were thrown into the sea at the time of the Reformation.
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MacLean's Cross
The "Street of the Dead" continues from St Oran's Cemetery to MacLean's Cross, a richly decorated 11ft/3.35m stone cross (15th century).
St Oran - Chapel
The St Oran Chapel in the graveyard is the oldest building on the island of Iona. It was probably built in the late 11th century at the behest of Margaret, the wife of Malcolm Canmore, on the site of St Columba's church.
