but what is known is that it was housed at Scone Abbey, near Perth, until 1296, when it was seized by Edward I, taken to Westminster Abbey and fitted into the base of the Coronation Chair.

also known as the Stone of Scone. As an ancient symbol of Scotland’s monarchy, it was captured by King Edward I in 1296, and ever since has been part of coronation ceremonies in England, and then ...

For more than half a millennium, the stone – kept, long ago, at Perthshire’s Scone Abbey – has been used to crown British monarchs; last year, it returned to Westminster for the coronation ...

Bruce was crowned King of Scotland on 25 March 1306. The coronation took place at Scone, where the Scottish Kings were traditionally crowned. There were only a few supporters present and the ...