Old Iona and Staffa

We are delighted to finally add a volume on these delightful islands on Scotland's West Coast which everybody should visit before they die and we hope that the reader will think it has been worth the wait as we have searched extensively to compile as fine a collection of photographs as possible. Uninhabited Staffa with its basalt columns and the wonder that is Fingal's cave has drawn tourists like a moth to a flame since the days of Boswell and Johnson - alas before the age of photography! However, included are some excellent photographs taken in the 1890s when the tourism industry to these parts began to open up in earnest. Iona, often visited by the tourist on the same excursion is so different, and is a must see destination for both the secular and the religious minded. Here are buried Scottish, Norwegian and Irish kings. Iona Abbey, before and after restoration, and early Christian stone crosses are featured in depth as well as the steamers which have brought the tourists here over the years. Also included in this book are previously unpublished photographs of an intrepid Edinburgh scout troop visiting in 1930 and some of the sights they saw on Iona, also pictures of Dun I and the abandoned marble quarry.

Author: Bernard Byrom
Publisher: Stenlake
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers lavishly illustrated with Old B&W photos throughout.