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One really big piece of sandstone, and a big piece of Scottish history. Street Prophets Coffee Hour [1]
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Date: 2023-05-06
What I am interested in is that big piece of sandstone that’s caused such a ruckus over the centuries. Scots are pretty attached to the Stone of Scone, or Stone of Destiny. So here are some sources of information. This is an overview, for those with little knowledge of the significance of the stone. It isn’t exhaustive, by any means, but it’s definitely interesting.
It was quarried less than 50KM from Scone in Perthshire.
Historically, the kings of Scotland have been crowned while sitting on the Stone of Scone on the Moot Hill (Hill of Belief) where Scone Palace now stands. It was taken from Scotland by Edward I and kept at Westminster, for the use of the English kings and queens. In the Treaty of Edinburgh-North Hampton in 1328 it was agreed that the stone would be returned to Scotland, but that didn’t happen. Once the crowns were joined, many Scots grudgingly acknowledged that as appropriate. (Some less grudgingly, even enthusiastically; some more grudgingly.)
There have been several attempts to steal the stone and return it to Scotland. The successful one is told here. The lawyer who negotiated its return to England reached the agreement that the young people who absconded with it wouldn’t be prosecuted, and they never were.
Ian Hamilton, who was the lad who stole the stone, was asked if the stone that was returned was the “real” one. There have been rumors that a copy made for a previous failed attempt was the one actually sent to Westminster. He answers that question here.
And now there have been new studies on the big rock. You can read it here. New markings have shown up in scans, and traces of elements not intrinsic to the stone itself recall some of its history. That would seem to confirm that the stone that Westminster has, that was returned to Scotland recently but then sent back for this coronation. is the original stone.
There have been three distinct ways of pronouncing “Scone.” Which do you use? Scone? Scone? or Scone?
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