Yes, the carved crosses are really impressive.
Thats a picture of some of the even older ones from the Abbey museum, for which only some fragments remain. The one at the front dated from the 7th century I think (only 1300 years old !!!).
And yes, the story of the sea routes from those times are quite interesting. As a result, the island and the abbey was attacked/sacked a number of times by the Vikings ! And Norway even took control of the Abbey and Island for a number of years at one point ! Its mind boggling !
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Wow, 1300 years is nuts to think about. Hard for us over in the states to really wrap our heads around!
Aye - thats even pretty old by Scottish standards !