Not a single extant monument is attributed, even tentatively, to any of the six Clan Donald Lords of the Isles buried in St Oran’s Chapel or their immediate antecedent and Abbey founder, Reginald. There is no evidence of any attempt at an examination of the order, method and places of burial.
26 April 2013 :- Graveslab No. 150, Iona :- "It has been identified as a memorial to Angus Og (‘young Angus’) who died in 1314-18. He was renowned as the leader of the Islesmen force which played a vital role in the Battle of Bannockburn in support of Robert Bruce" {Summarised from the 26/4/2013 reply to me of the confirmation by Peter Yeoman, Head of Cultural Services Historic Scotland, incorporating views of Dr D. Caldwell, consultant expert.} · The attribution reversal of Iona slab No. 150 back to Lord Angus Og MacDonald, k.1318, after it being incorrectly removed in 1977, is due to the research and analysis of Ian Macdonnell over 2006 to 2012. Published in “Clan Donald and Iona Abbey 1200-1500”; Iona Research Conf. Submission 2012; 2nd Ed 2012 ; And enhanced, updated on :- http://www.ionaabbeyandclandonald.com/index.html
There are three recognizable, inscribed Clan Donald gravelabs remaining from a larger number (details of 300 "lost" by Argyll Earl) but which now either :-
26 April 2013 :- Graveslab No. 150, Iona :- "It has been identified as a memorial to Angus Og (‘young Angus’) who died in 1314-18. He was renowned as the leader of the Islesmen force which played a vital role in the Battle of Bannockburn in support of Robert Bruce" {Summarised from the 26/4/2013 reply to me of the confirmation by Peter Yeoman, Head of Cultural Services Historic Scotland, incorporating views of Dr D. Caldwell, consultant expert.} · The attribution reversal of Iona slab No. 150 back to Lord Angus Og MacDonald, k.1318, after it being incorrectly removed in 1977, is due to the research and analysis of Ian Macdonnell over 2006 to 2012. Published in “Clan Donald and Iona Abbey 1200-1500”; Iona Research Conf. Submission 2012; 2nd Ed 2012 ; And enhanced, updated on :- http://www.ionaabbeyandclandonald.com/index.html
There are three recognizable, inscribed Clan Donald gravelabs remaining from a larger number (details of 300 "lost" by Argyll Earl) but which now either :-
- go unmentioned, unrecorded, even when recognised by an eminent expert, Robert Alexander Stewart MacAlister [son of Alexander Macalsiter, Professor of Anatomy, Cambridge University, ];
Slab No. 154 : “HIC IACET RANALDUS MACDOMNUILL”;
or
________________________________________________________________ - when recorded and indisputable, is consigned off site to St Ronan's Chapel, when other monuments in similar fractured condition are displayed in the Abbey museum {could be displayed in a tray, assembled, even if not 're-joined'}. It is a rare, significant graveslab with readable inscription in Black-Letter script [carved on Oransay, but a burial on Iona and in the Iona Vol 4 RCAHMS inventory] ;
Slab No. 183 : “HERE LIES JOHN MACIAIN (MACDONALD)
LORD OF ARDNAMURCHAN"; or
________________________________________________________________ - when attributed for centuries, is then re-attributed to a nebulous nonentity, and,
then consigned to the cloisters when the others from St Oran's Chapel are returned;
[but see STOP PRESS above]
Slab No. 150 : "HERE LIES THE BODY OF ANGUS (OG)
SON OF LORD ANGUS MAC DOMNILL DE YE".
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Anyone who understands and appreciates the above, would at least consider the obvious question that does this repetition of similar outcomes indicate a "pattern"?
Slabs 1. and 2. are covered in detail in the document below. 3. is here.
| other_noteable_clan_donald_inscibed_monuments_5.pdf |
| slab_191_not_reginalds_-__sequence.ppsx |
| slab_191_not_reginalds_-__sequence.pdf |
