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SCONE
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Dates from: 1114 The history of Scone Palace began when Celtic holy men, the Culdees, established a community of monks there during the 7th century. Four hundred years later, in 1114, Alexander I founded an Augustian Abbey on the site. The Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scotland’s kings, was brought to Scone by Scotland’s first king, Kenneth MacAlpine (843 to 860). Ten Scottish Parliaments sat at the Palace between 1284 and 1401, their enactment of each new law marked by the ringing of the bell at Scone Abbey. In 1384, after slaying his Comyn rival in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce traveled to Scone in an attempt to legitimize his bid for power. A new structure was built in 1580 after the Protestant Reformation, and most of the current Palace dates from 1802. The paintings depict its appearance in 2004.
Pictured: TOP: Scone Palace 8" x 10" oil BOTTOM: Scone Palace, Entrance 12" x 9" oil
An excerpt from the book Scotland: Castles and Clans the Legends.
The Destiny of a Nation A Legend of Scone Palace
. . . A man on horseback passes swiftly in front of the chapel at Scone, his cloak bearing obvious marks of royalty. The horse's hooves pierce the earth, flinging clumps of dirt into the air. He rides to a ceremony , the crowing of the King. Like all the nobles of Scotland, he will bring a small portion of dirt from his won region of the realm. When all have added their handfuls to Moot Hill, where the coronation takes place, the new King will be crowned, standing astride (as it were) the whole nation . . .
Scone Palace is included in the Highlands Map.
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