Editing Iona (section)

=== Kingdom of Scotland ===
Following the 1266 [[Treaty of Perth]] the Hebrides were transferred from Norwegian to Scottish overlordship.<ref>Hunter (2000) pp. 110-111</ref> At the end of the century, King [[John Balliol]] was challenged for the throne by [[Robert the Bruce]]. By this point, Somerled's descendants had split into three groups, the [[Clann Ruaidhrí|MacRory]], [[Clan MacDougall|MacDougalls]], and [[Clan Donald|MacDonalds]]. The MacDougalls backed Balliol, so when he was defeated by Bruce, the latter exiled the MacDougalls and transferred their island territories to the MacDonalds; by marrying the [[Amy of Garmoran|heir of the MacRory]]s, [[John of Islay, Lord of the Isles|the heir of the MacDonalds]] re-unified most of Somerled's realm, creating the [[Lordship of the Isles]], under nominal Scottish authority. Iona, which had been a MacDougall territory (together with the rest of Lorn), was given to the [[Clan Campbell|Campbells]], where it remained for half a century.

In 1354, though in exile and without control of his ancestral lands, [[John Gallda MacDougall|John, the MacDougall heir]], quitclaimed any rights he had over Mull and Iona to the Lord of the Isles (though this had no meaningful effect at the time). When Robert's son, [[David II of Scotland|David II]], became king, he spent some time in English captivity; following his release, in 1357, he restored MacDougall authority over Lorn. The 1354 quitclaim, which seems to have been an attempt to ensure peace in just such an eventuality, took automatic effect, splitting Mull and Iona from Lorn, and making it subject to the Lordship of the Isles. Iona remained part of the Lordship of the Isles for the next century and a half.

Following the 1491 [[Raid on Ross]], the Lordship of the Isles was dismantled, and Scotland gained full control of Iona for the second time. The monastery and nunnery continued to be active until the [[Scottish Reformation|Reformation]], when buildings were demolished and all but three of the 360 carved crosses destroyed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotland.org.uk/guide/places/isle-of-iona-visitor-guide |title=Isle of Iona Visitor Guide, Hotels, Cottages, Things to Do in Scotland |website=scotland.org.uk |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> The Augustine nunnery now only survives as a number of 13th century ruins, including a church and cloister. By the 1760s little more of the nunnery remained standing than at present, though it is the most complete remnant of a medieval nunnery in Scotland.