Tour Scotland Travel Video Spring Stone Of Destiny Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Spring travel video Blog of the Stone Of Destiny which stands on Moot Hill by Scone Palace on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny and often referred to in England as The Coronation Stone was used for centuries in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland and later the monarchs of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Various theories and legends exist about the stone's history prior to its placement in Scone. One story concerns Fergus, son of Erc, the first King of the Scots in Scotland, whose transport of the Stone from Ireland to Argyll, where he was crowned on it, was recorded. Some versions identify the stone brought by Fergus with the Lia Fáil used at Tara for the High King of Ireland. Other traditions contend the Lia Fáil remains at Tara. Inis Fáil, The Island of Destiny, is one of the traditional names of Ireland. Legends place the origins of the Stone in Biblical times and consider the Stone to be the Stone of Jacob, taken by Jacob while in Haran.

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