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The Scone is a small British quick bread, traditionally hailing from Scotland.
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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.
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.
* 1996 – Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
* The Stone of Destiny is placed at Scone Palace, Scotland.
* January 1 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland at Scone ( his first crowning ).
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.
Macbeth's coronation at Scone is depicted along with this confirmation as King by the Thanes, including MacDuff, who does so reluctantly.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 small
* Parkville, New South Wales, a small town near Scone, New South Wales, Australia
Scone and British
: Note that there are two other British life peers with similar titles: Barbara Scott Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone ; and Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey.
* Stone of Scone the " Stone of Destiny " for coronation of Scottish, English, and British monarchs.
* Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, Labour member of the British House of Lords
Scone and bread
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.
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The Low King sits on an ( apparently ) ancient loaf of dwarf bread called the Scone of Stone ( a parody of the Stone of Scone ).
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* Scone ( bread ), a type of quick-bread, typically eaten with jam and cream
Scone and traditionally
Some Scottish legends surrounding the Stone of Scone, traditionally used for coronations of Scottish kings in the High Middle Ages, have identified this stone with the Stone of Jacob.
Scone and from
** After its removal from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950, the Stone of Scone resurfaces on the altar of Arbroath Abbey.
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.
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 presence of Scone two miles ( 3 km ) northeast, the main royal centre of the Kingdom of Alba from at least the reign of Kenneth I mac Ailpín ( 843 – 58 ), later the site of the major Augustinian abbey of the same name founded by Alexander I ( 1107 – 24 ), enhanced Perth's early importance.
The location lies just outside Perth, 8 km from Forteviot, close to both Abernethy and Scone.
The Almond flows into the Tay in a location not far from Scone.
In addition, he writes that Fergus brought the Stone of Scone with him from Ireland, that he was succeeded by a son named Dúngal.
Faced with a recently victorious MacAlpin in the south and a devastated army in the north, Drest, as well as all claimants to the Pictish throne from the seven royal houses attended this meeting at Scone.
On Christmas Eve 1950, Hamilton, along with three other student Scottish nationalists, removed the Stone of Scone from its place under the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey, London.
In 1996, as Scottish Secretary, Forsyth was credited with transferring the Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny, from Westminster Abbey to ( ultimately ) Edinburgh Castle
The Watch is also investigating the theft of the replica Scone of Stone, a parody of the real-life Stone of Scone, from the Ankh-Morpork Dwarf Bread Museum.
They instigate the apparent theft of the real Scone of Stone from its closely guarded cave, hoping to cause a civil war between traditionalists and progressive dwarfs and isolate the country under the werewolves ' feudal leadership.
North of Scone and adjacent to the Highway is Mount Wingen – the Burning Mountain – where a light but constant plume of smoke issues from fissures in the ground, caused by lightning setting fire to coal seams close to the surface tens of thousands of years ago.
Annual rainfall ranges from at Newcastle to only at Merriwa and Scone in the upper reaches.
It was formed in May 2004 from Scone Shire and parts of Murrurundi and Merriwa shires.
Some Scottish chroniclers, such as John of Fordun and Hector Boece from the thirteenth century, treat the Lia Fáil the same as the Stone of Scone in Scotland.
However, historian William Forbes Skene commented: " It is somewhat remarkable that while the Scotch legend brings the stone at Scone from Ireland, the Irish legend brings the stone at Tara from Scotland.
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