Experts unearth an Iona of the east

WHEN St Columba landed in Scotland in the Dark Ages, he set about creating a centre of learning that would illuminate the Christian world.
His monastery on Iona, founded in 563AD, became a place of pilgrimage for saints and kings. It is believed to have produced the Book of Kells, one of the world's most famous religious manuscipts.
However, archaeologists have discovered the site of a second monastery in Scotland which they believe was also founded by St Columba at about the same time.