After a sojourn of nearly 700 years in Westminster Abbey, the Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland in 1996. A conference devoted to this national treasure and symbol of Scottish nationhood in the following year gathered together much expert opinion which was duly published in 2003 as a monograph entitled The Stone of Destiny: Artefact & Icon, edited by Richard Welander, David J. Breeze and Thomas Owen Clancy.
This report revises and updates the Stone of Scone scholarship laid out in the monograph and attempts to identify and address gaps in our understanding about it.
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Audiences:
Members, Researchers, Educators, Visitors, Conservation and Heritage Enthusiasts -
Date Published:
17 October 2018 -
Publication Types:
Edinburgh Castle Research Reports -
Author(s):
Dr David Caldwell
Dr David Caldwell studied archaeology at Edinburgh University and spent 38 years working as a curator for National Museums Scotland. He has published extensively on Scottish archaeology and history. He is president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vice-president of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and vice chairman of Fife Cultural Trust. -
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Edinburgh Castle Research: The Stone of Destiny (356.35 KB) -
Language:
English -
Subjects:
Archaeology, Architecture, History, Scotland, British and Irish History