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From Wales, we head north again, this time to Scotland and the islands off its coast. As in Wales, Christianity arrived slowly here, from traders initially and then Roman soldiers. More on its impact in Scotland later. Picking a few of the sites of spiritual significance, we’ll look first at Whithorn Priory as we enter Scotland from the south past the Isle of Mann; Val has done some research for us on this ancient site. She follows with some history of the Stone of Destiny, an object of temporal import, but mystical in the obscurity of its origins and destiny. Iona, its name alone almost mystical, clearly cannot be left out. And so we begin …
