Scone - Crowning Place of Kings
Scone Palace - Photo by The Kilted Guide Nestled in a tranquil wooded setting, a couple of miles north of Perth, Scone Palace has played a central part in Scotland's history. The home of the Murray family (Earls of Mansfield) for 400 years, the site has been strategically important for 5500 years with evidence of pre-historic burial barrows. Its location at a junction between the highlands to the north, and the fertile Strathmore plain to the east has put it in the path of invading armies for centuries. The Romans marched by here in their attempt to pacify the northern tribes, building a camp nearby supported from their port at Bertha (Perth). The Picts later established this as the centre of their Kingdom, and after they merged with the Scots to form the start of the nation of Scotland we recognise today, Scone became a regional power centre. It was the symbolic crowning place of up to 38 Scottish monarchs after the Stone of Destiny, the Scots' crowning stone, was transferred