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James McKillop's avatar

Could we be talking about (at the very least) two very different stones here? We are told the stone taken by Ed 1 was a piece of Perthshire limestone and is known as the Stone of Scone. It could be the one used at Charles 111 coronation ( or maybe not if copied and swapped at some time (in 1950 perhaps). The legendary Stone of Destiny I believe is black basalt or similar, and bearing much carving. Legend has it that it was Jacob's pillow in the Biblical story. If the S of D was of any interest to the Scots, wouldn't it be incredible for them to leave it lying in a churchyard for Edward's men to simply uplift?

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Beth's avatar

I love this story! Love your posts too! They’re always very interesting.

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Andrew Redmond Barr's avatar

That's so nice to hear, thank you for reading Beth!

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