Tour Scotland Winter Video Walk In Snow To Scone Palace By Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Winter walk in snow on ancestry visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A place steeped in history, Scone was originally the site of an early Christian church, and later an Augustinian priory. In the 12th century, Scone Priory was granted abbey status and as a result an Abbot's residence, an Abbot's Palace, was constructed. It is for this reason, Scone's status as an abbey, that the current structure retains the name " Palace ". Scone Abbey was severely damaged in 1559 during the Scottish Reformation after a mob whipped up by the famous reformer, John Knox, came to Scone from Dundee. Having survived the Reformation, the Abbey in 1600 became a secular Lordship, and home, within the parish of Scone. The Palace has thus been home to the Earls of Mansfield for over 400 years. During the early 19th century the Palace was enlarged by the architect William Atkinson. In 1802, David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, commissioned Atkinson to extend the Palace.

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