Category: Scone

The Stone of Destiny: The Holy Grail of Scotland?

Dec 25, 2025 | Arbroath, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Edward I King of England, Picts, Robert the Bruce, Scone, Scottish Wars of Independence, Stone of Destiny, Symbols of Scotland, William Wallace

The Stone of Destiny was at the centre of a daring heist that took place on Christmas Day 1950. It...

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The Picts: The Mystery, the Myth and the Monuments

Dec 18, 2025 | Burghead, Christianity, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Forteviot, Kenneth MacAlpin, Nigg, Peoples, Picts, Portmahomack, Pre-Christian Belief, Rhynie, Rosemarkie, Saint Columba, Scone, Shandwick, Tap o' Noth, Vikings, Well Worship

My first encounter with the Picts came, as a child, when I went to see Sueno’s Stone on the...

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Kenneth MacAlpin: Heroic Unifier of Scotland or Treacherous Destroyer of The Picts?

Sep 28, 2025 | Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Kenneth MacAlpin, Picts, Scone

Kenneth MacAlpin, or Cináed mac Ailpín as he was called in his native tongue, sat watching the...

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MacBeth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Aug 15, 2022 | Anglo-Saxons, Betrayals and Treachery, Britons, Curses, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, MacBeth, Picts, Scone, Vikings

MacBeth mac Findlay’s heart pounded as sword clashed against sword. The singing swings of the...

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