Iona’s Namescape

Of all the place-names associated with the island of Iona, perhaps the one that has given rise to the most[…]

Mairi MacArthur looks at two place-names – one on land, one at sea – and wonders if, and how, they[…]

We are grateful to Mike Small for providing this guest blog sharing his work on the lost wells of Iona.[…]

Cèilidh air fhilmeadh do dh’Eilean Idhe a chaidh fhoillseachadh an toiseach aig ‘Ì Chaluim Chille’: co-labhairt a chaidh a chur[…]

June 2025: Ì / Eilean Ì | Iona Our final Name of the Month, as the Iona’s Namescape project comes[…]

We are grateful to Alicia Hendrick for providing this guest blog sharing her work on Cobhain Cuildich and Cladh an[…]

An Eala: further evidence of the medieval ritual landscape One of the things that I was pleased to have a[…]

In our blog for September, Sofia Evemalm-Graham reflected on some of the names attached to the hill called Sìthean Mòr.[1] […]

The writing of this blog is prompted by two circumstances: today, the 29th of September, is Michaelmas and as we[…]

Mairi MacArthur writes: “Cha b’e farainm a thug iad air an àite seo!” That’s what a Clachanach farmhand once said,[…]