Stock photo library Pictures of Scotland. Pictures and photographs of the isle of Iona - three miles long and a little over one mile wide but its importance to christianity is out of all proportions to its size.Iona's place in history was guaranteed in AD 563 when St Columba landed and founded a monastry there.The present abbey dates from about 1200 and the oldest part is St Orans Chapel.The isle of iona apart from the abbey building is owned by the national trust for scotland,commercial stock photo library.