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* 1951 – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey.
* 1996 – Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
The Scotichronicon describes how Scota, a sister of the Egyptian Pharoh Tutankhamen, fled her family and landed in Scotland, bringing with her the Stone of Scone.
** After its removal from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950, the Stone of Scone resurfaces on the altar of Arbroath Abbey.
* The Stone of Destiny is placed at Scone Palace, Scotland.
The English invasion campaign had subdued most of the country by August and, after removing the Stone of Destiny from Scone Abbey and transporting it to Westminster Abbey, Edward convened a parliament at Berwick, where the Scottish nobles paid homage to him as King of England.
The Stone of Scone (;, ), also known as the Stone of Destiny and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stone, is an oblong block of red sandstone, used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland and later the monarchs of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
Replica of the Stone of Scone at Scone Palace
The Stone of Scone in the Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey, 1855.
The Westminster Stone theory posits that the monks at Scone Palace hid the real stone in the River Tay or buried it on Dunsinane Hill, and that the English troops were fooled into taking a substitute.
Stone of Scone has appeared in print, television, and film:
The Stone, although not directly referred to, was mentioned in Macbeth: "... shall travel to be crowned at Scone ..."
The Stone of Scone figures prominently in Das Königsprojekt, a 1974 novel by the German writer Carl Amery.
The return of the Stone of Scone to Scotland is documented in the Scottish Gaelic song Oran na Cloiche ( Song of the Stone ), covered by artists including Kathleen MacInnes and Mànran.
In 1996 Trilobyte released the game Clandestiny in which the ultimate goal is to find the Stone of Scone and return it to its proper place.
Terry Pratchett authored the 1999 novel The Fifth Elephant centered around the theft of a Dwarfish coronation seat made from hardened bread and called the Scone of Stone.
Patricia Kennealy Morrison, in her science-fantasy series The Keltiad, has a 1986 novel The Throne of Scone, in which the Stone has been transmuted into a throne that her starfaring Kelts have brought with them from Earth.
The stone is referred to in the comedy play by Derek Webb called Bringing Back the Bluestones in which a Welsh group decide to emulate the return of the Stone of Scone to Scotland by demanding the return of the Bluestones from Stonehenge to Pembrokeshire.
In the ensuing argument the king refers to the Stone of Scone.
2011 novel by Jeanette Baker " Legacy " ( Casablanca Classics ) is a fictional account of the possibility of the original Stone of Scone being hidden away and a replica taken to Westminster.
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Scone and novel
The novel tells the story of Paul Pennyfeather, student at the fictional Scone College, Oxford, who is sent down for running through the college grounds without his trousers, having become, inadvertently, immersed in the activities of the Bollinger Club.
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Following the events at Scone, there is little of substance reported for a decade.
The Chronicle of Melrose says of Domnall, " in war he was a vigorous soldier ... he is said to have been assassinated at Scone.
* January 1 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone ( his first crowning ).
Macbeth's coronation at Scone is depicted along with this confirmation as King by the Thanes, including MacDuff, who does so reluctantly.
John of Fordun has a peculiar tale to tell, related to the supposed " Laws of Malcolm MacKenneth ", saying that Máel Coluim gave away all of Scotland, except for the Moot Hill at Scone, which is unlikely to have any basis in fact.
Close by is the village of Scone, ancient capital of Scotland and former home to Scottish kings.
The Scone is a small British quick bread, traditionally hailing from Scotland.
Or, perhaps, the word is based on the town of Scone, Scotland.
It is Giraldus Cambrensis in De Instructione Principus who recounts how a great banquet was held at Scone, and the Pictish king and his nobles were plied with drinks and became quite drunk.
Scone Palace near Perth is the most well-known site in Scotland for Hawfinch.
He is known to have stayed in Elgin for four days in late July 1296 and it was during this sojourn into Scotland that he removed the Stone of Scone ( Stone of Destiny ) from Scone Palace and had it placed in a wooden chair at Westminster Abbey.
He is best known for his part in the removal of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in 1950.
) This mediaeval chair has a slot in the base into which the Stone of Scone is fitted for the ceremony.
After her husband's coronation at Scone, she is quoted as having said,
A short stretch of the North Saugeen River just over the Bruce County border at the Chatsworth community of Scone is home to one of the most critically endangered of all insects: the Hungerford's crawling water beetle.
Noted accordingly in the records of the Scottish parliament, held at Scone 26 March 1371, at the coronation of Robert II, William de Seton is named among the " Nobiles Barones ", as " Dominus de Seton ".
Scone and kept
This records that: King Constantine and Bishop Cellach met at the Hill of Belief near the royal city of Scone and pledged themselves that the laws and disciplines of the faith, and the laws of churches and gospels, should be kept pariter cum Scottis.
Historically, the artifact was kept at the now-ruined Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland.
The crown jewels, or ' Honours ', including the Stone of Scone, are kept in Edinburgh Castle.
It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland — known as the Stone of Scone — which he had captured from the Scots who had kept it at Scone Abbey.
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