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	Stone of Scone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Stone of Scone, (pronounced 'scoon') also commonly known as the Stone of Destiny or the Coronation Stone (though the former name sometimes refers to Lia Fáil) is a block of sandstone historically kept at the now-ruined abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland.
		In 1296 the Stone was captured by Edward I as spoils of war and taken to Westminster Abbey, where it was fitted into the old wooden chair, known as St.
		Although the Stone is back in Scotland, Edinburgh Castle is the military headquarters of the British Army in Scotland, and some Scots have argued that the stone should be kept somewhere with entirely Scottish associations, which could not be interpreted as symbolic of United Kingdom union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stone_of_Scone (980 words)

	The Stone of Destiny or Scone
		Stone of Destiny as it used to be "housed" in the Coronation Throne.
		Tradition (legend) affirms that it is the same stone stone which Jacob used as a pillow at Bethel and then set up as a pillar and anointed with oil: later, according to Jewish tradition (possible legend), it became the pedestal of the ark in the Temple.
		The stone was brought from Syria to Egypt by Gathelus, who in order to escape the plague, sailed, on the advice of Moses, from the Nile with his wife and the Stone of Destiny, and landed in Spain.
	members.aol.com /Skyelander/stone.html (808 words)

	The Stone of Scone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Stone of Destiny is known by many names, Stone of Scone, Jacob's Pillow, the Coronation Stone, Jacob's Pillar and even the Liath Fail.
		The current 'claimed' Stone of Scone, sits in Edinburgh Castle, on loan to the people it was taken from by the English.
		All the Kings of the Scots were crowned on the Stone until the English took it in 1296.
	www.tartans.com /articles/stoneofscone.html (1145 words)

	Stone of Scone takes the high road home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But Friday the pale yellow stone, on which every great king of Scotland was crowned until 1296, was returned home to the skirl of pipes, toasts of whiskey and a school holiday.
		Although an hour behind schedule, the most controversial lump of stone in the not terribly United Kingdom was driven across the River Tweed in the back of an army jeep and ceremonially returned to the Scottish nation.
		The stone came home because the British government of Prime Minister John Major decided that it should, and it will go to Edinburgh Castle for display ($9 entry) because that is where the government wants it.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/96/11/16/scotland.html (635 words)

	The Stone of Scone – A Remarkable Journey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Stone was moved to the Abbey of Scone where its sacred ceremonial mystique helped bless the coronation of subsequent Kings of the Scots.
		Scone Abbey, destroyed by John Knox’s reformers, has been replaced by Scone Palace, but vestiges of the small village once there are visible.
		Over the years since the Stone was taken away from Scotland, a theory has persisted that Edward I had plundered a fake and that, says the theory, it is the reason the Scots have never pressed for its return.
	www.electricscotland.com /familytree/magazine/augsep2004/scone.htm (1776 words)

	Scone Palace - the home of the Earls of Mansfield
		The Stone was siezed by King Edward I in 1296 and taken from Scone Abbey to Westminster Abbey.
		Some say that the stone placed beneath the Coronation Chair was a fake, the true Stone of Scone having been hastily hidden by the monks in an underground chamber.
		The Stone of Scone was last used at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - and so it still performs its ancient duty, and to far greater effect, making not only the monarch of the Scots but of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
	www.scone-palace.net /palace/stoneofdestiny.cfm (305 words)

	Stone of Scone Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		The Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny, is seen as of huge significance to Scotland's nationhood.
		Until 1296 it was housed at Scone Abbey, where the coronations of Kings of Scotland took place: the last being of John Balliol.
		The Stone of Destiny, as it became known, was first located at Dunadd during the time of Dalriada, before being moved to Scone by King Kenneth I. Until Christmas Day, 1950, the Stone of Destiny remained where it had been placed by Edward I, in Westminster Abbey.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usfeatures/stoneofscone (872 words)

	Press Releases: Stone of Scone
		It is the "Stone of Scone" or the "Stone of Destiny" or the "Coronation Stone".
		The last time the Stone of Scone was used was in 1953 during the formal Coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth 1 in Westminster Abby.
		The Fergus Stone of Destiny: The Stone of Scone or the Stone of Destiny on display at the Fergus Highland Games this year is an exact replica of the original which once served as Jacob's pillow and which now resides at Edinburgh Castle.
	www.fergusscottishfestival.com /press/stoneofscone.htm (1106 words)

	Stone of Scone articles on Encyclopedia.com
		Scone mix from England $3 Makes 8 scones in minutes easily.
		Scone SCONE [Scone], village, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.
		Old Scone, west of the modern village of New Scone, was the repository of the Coronation Stone (see under coronation) and the coronation place of Scottish kings from Kenneth I to Charles II.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Stone+of+Scone (183 words)

	Stone of Scone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One such stone, is identified as the stone upon which the patriarch Jacob rested his head when he dreamed of the heavenly ladder.
		This stone has not received the attention it deserves from Bible scholars, because they generally assume it was left where Jacob found it.
		The stone that Jacob later anointed with oil and declared to be "God's House" (Beth-El) did not remain lost in the wilderness of Luz; it continued to play an important part in the destiny of Jacob's descendants.
	www.uhcg.org /Jacob-pillar/stone-of-scone.html (237 words)

	The Stone of Destiny a.k.a. the Stone of Scone, by Neil Harding McAlister. ( Neil McAlister ). Brigadoonery.
		It is certainly possible that the Stone may have been used in the coronation ceremonies of the Irish Kingdom of Dalriada from roughly 400 AD until 850 AD, when Kenneth I, the36th King of Dalriada, moved his capital of his expanding empire from Ireland to Scone (pronounced "scoon") in what is now Perthshire, Scotland.
		The Stone was moved several times after that, and used on the remote, western island of Iona, then in Dunadd, in Dunstaffnage and finally in Scone again for the installation of Dalriadic monarchs.
		The last time the Stone was used was in 1953 for the formal Coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II, who had succeeded to the throne the previous year on the death of her father the King.
	www.durham.net /~neilmac/stone.htm (1086 words)

	Tour Scone.
		The population was moved to New Scone to the east; in 1997 it was renamed Scone; it is the site of Perth racecourse.
		Kenneth mac Alpin is said to have brought the Stone of Destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone, symbol of sovereignty and, according to legend, the stone used by Jacob as a pillow, from Dunstaffnage to the Moot Hill at Scone, the seat of government.
		The stone was removed from Westminster in 1950 by Scottish Nationalists and was found on the altar of Arbroath Abbey Church in 1951.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /scone.htm (378 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Scone (pron. Skoon).
		Edward I. removed to London, and placed in Westminster Abbey, the great stone upon which the kings of Scotland were wont to be crowned.
		This stone is still preserved, and forms the support of Edward the Confessor’s chair, which the British monarchs occupy at their coronation.
		It is said to have been brought from Ireland by Fergus, son of Eric, who led the Dalriads to the shores of Argyllshire.
	www.bartleby.com /81/15001.html (110 words)

	Scone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Scone, New South Wales, Australia (named after the Scottish burgh by emigrants)
		scone is sometimes used as an other name for comma category.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scone (100 words)

	The Stone of Scone
		When returned to London, it was found that the split in the Stone had been repaired with pieces of metal and a note from the Assessor of the University of Glasgow reminded the world that the Stone had been stolen in 1296 and should be returned.
		The Stone of Scone was eventually returned to Scotland by Prime Minister John Major, with the approval of Elizabeth II, in November 1996.
		The Celtic name of the Stone, now safely ensconced in Edinburgh Castle, is Lia Fail, 'the speaking stone', which named the King who would be chosen.
	www.royalty.info /scottish/stone_scone.shtml (365 words)

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		Stone of Scone It starts with a storybook opening: The Stone of Scone - a fable.
		She suggests that if the stone is taht important to him that they should go and get it.
		DM says that the stone has been locked up in the Abbey for 200 years and it's impossible to get it out.
	www.dreamscape.com /anndodge/highlander/Sos.txt (2366 words)

	The Stone of Destiny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		'The seat of kings was moved to Scone, sacred centre of Pictland, and the royal sons of Alpin accepted their inheritance upon a stone slab which tradition believes was taken from Tara in Ireland, built into the wall of Dunstaffnage Castle, and then brought reverently to Scone.
		Now he pulled the Abbey apart almost stone by stone; most clearly he realised that he had been duped, and that the Stone he had taken to London was only a lump of Scone sandstone, while the real Lia Fail remained in Scotland.
		Almost certainly he was crowned seated on the true Stone of Destiny, for he was most concerned that all should be done in fullest traditional fashion - for nothing was more certain than that Edward would declare that the coronation was invalid and a mockery, without his permission.
	www.alba.org.uk /scotching/liafail.html (1107 words)

	The Stone of Destiny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1292 John Balliol became the last king to use the Stone in Scotland as it was captured by Edward I of England in 1296, taken south alongside other important relics of nationhood and placed in Westminster Abbey.
		On St Andrews Day, 30 November 1996, the Stone of Destiny returned north of the border and amid much pomp and ceremony, was installed in Edinburgh Castle, taking its place alongside those other symbols of national identity, the Honours of Scotland.
		At least one acknowledged copy of the Stone does exist, on public display at Scone Palace in Perthshire, where it serves as a favourite roost for the elegant peacocks and camera-toting tourists who stroll the grounds.
	www.visitscotland.com /aboutscotland/UniquelyScottish/StoneofDestiny (577 words)

	Stone Of Destiny - Stone Of Scone - Stonel Tea Tephi - Lia Fail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The stone, called "Lia Fail" or "Stone of Destiny" was kept at the capital city of Tara for some three centuries, and all the kings, descendants of Eochaidh and Tea Tephi, were crowned on it.
		This -was the 'stone' used as a Coronation Stone in Solomon's Temple.
		The stone became known by the name 'Lia Fail' and 'Stone of Destiny.' It is not unlikely that Jacob's Stone and the 'Stone of Destiny' were one and the same.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1003378/posts (6343 words)

	CNN - Scotland's 'Stone of Scone' finds its way home - Nov. 15, 1996
		The Stone of Scone (pronounced skoon) left Scotland in shame in the hands of an English conqueror.
		The stone, for centuries a coronation seat of Scottish kings, spent recent memory surrounded by other special stones, at London's Westminster Abbey.
		One legend says the stone is a fake, as the canny Scots hid the real one when they saw King Edward coming.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9611/15/stone.of.scone (393 words)

	Scone Palace , Royal Palaces , Stately homes , British Architecture , UK stock photography
		The Stone of Scone and chapel on Moot hill (2)
		The Stone of Scone and chapel on Moot hill (1)
		The Stone of Scone and chapel on Moot hill (3)
	www.stockphotography.co.uk /Store/App/catalog.asp?CT=1441 (216 words)

	Cronaca: Stone of Scone, not Jacob's Pillow
		ACCORDING to legend, it was used as a “pillow” by Jacob, the founder of Israel, as he dreamt of angels ascending to heaven on a ladder.
		The fabled Stone of Destiny was then taken from Palestine to the north, where it became the ancient symbol of Scottish kingship.
		It's been known for years that the Stone of Scone is an indigenous piece of Perthshire sandstone which was used as an inauguration stone.
	www.cronaca.com /archives/003811.html (452 words)

	THE CORONATION STONE
		This stone was named Beth-el (house of God) by the patriarch Israel (sometimes called Jacob) roughly 2000 BC and remained with his descendents.
		It's earliest use as a Coronation stone in Ireland was 583 BC when Eochaide the Heremon was crowned High King of Ireland after his marriage to Tea Tephi, the daughter of Zedekiah, the king of Judah conquered by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC.
		Upon Jeremiah's arrival in Ireland, 583 BC, with the Stone, the Stone was again put in use to crown the Royalty of Israel.
	asis.com /~stag/stone.html (1199 words)

	More on Jacob's Pillar Stone
		And it is a curious fact that this stone has not only remained in England unto now, and is existing still under the coronation chair of our British sovereigns in Westminster Abbey, but that all our kings, from James I, have been crowned in that chair.
		Such an indentation and wearing away of material indicates the enormous amount of carrying that the Stone was subjected to.
		The mere removal from these places could not account for the wearing away of the Stone that was evidently caused by the friction of a pole used in constant carrying.
	www.uhcg.org /Jacob-pillar/more-on-stone.html (1374 words)

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		I still have a recent Stone of Scone article by my desk that was published on July 4th in "The Washington Post." I've paraphrased the article for interested listmembers.
		On July 3, 1996, upon the 700th anniversary of Longshanks pinching the 400-lb stone, British Prime Minister John Major announced in the House of Commons that the cherished relic would indeed be returned to Edinburgh with QE2's blessings, but with a catch: it must be returned to London for coronations.
		It gets its name from the town of Scone (pronounced "skoon"), north of Edinburgh where, it is said, the ancient Picts were the first to use it as a coronation seat in the 7th century.
	www.villagefair.com /MelGibson/movies/scone.htm (1530 words)

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