Its origins are mysterious, 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 coat of one of the students who was part of the raid to remove the stone from Westminster Abbey had been used to drag it along the floor and lift it into a getaway car. Culture Perth and ...

In 1296 he brought to the Abbey the Stone of Scone, on which Scottish kings had once been crowned, and made a special oak Coronation Chair to enclose it. The Stone was returned to Scotland in 1996 and ...

There are significant areas where the difficulties are particularly acute. For many decades the Abbey has been funded as Ireland’s national theatre – and has borne that title and responsibility.

He was born on 2nd March 1705 at Scone Abbey (later Palace) in Perth, Scotland. He was a son of David Murray (d.1731) and his wife Margery (Scott) and was educated in Perth before moving to London to ...