St. Columba's Pillow of Iona, Celtic Cross sterling silver and in Celtic mythology birds

and in Celtic mythology birds were often represented as messengers between earthly and heavenly realms

reversible circle pendant featuring original zoomorphic Celtic birds and ‘Peace to Thee’ carvings as created by the Ritchies

holding a teardrop of Iona greenstone

reflecting the changing colours of the Sound of Iona

the Trinity is the most enduring of Celtic knots

St. Columba's Pillow of Iona, Celtic Cross sterling silver and in Celtic mythology birdsIn Iona Abbey museum, youll find a carved oval stone with this simple image of a ringed cross on it. This cross is known locally as St. Columbas Pillow, from an old story that St. Columba used a stone as a pillow and awoke one morning to find the image of a cross had appeared on it while he lay sleeping. On the back of our pillow is St. Columba's prophecy about Iona, in Gaelic, which reads, "Iona my heart, Iona my love, in place of monks' voices will