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    The Stone of Scone (/ˈskuːn/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil, meaning Stone of Destiny, also called clach-na-cinneamhuinn; Scots: Stane o Scone) is an oblong...
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  • students from the University of Glasgow (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart) removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London...
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    Scone Palace /ˈskuːn/ is a Category A-listed historic house near the village of Scone and the city of Perth, Scotland. Ancestral seat of Earls of Mansfield...
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    Scone (/ˈskuːn/ ; Scottish Gaelic: Sgàin; Scots: Scone) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The medieval town of Scone, which grew up around the...
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    A scone (/skɒn/ SKON or /skoʊn/ SKOHN) is a traditional British baked good, popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is usually made of either wheat...
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    Scone Abbey (originally Scone Priory) was a house of Augustinian canons located in Scone, Perthshire (Gowrie), Scotland. Dates given for the establishment...
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  • Gavin Vernon (category Alumni of the University of Glasgow)
    with his accomplices, removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London on Christmas Day 1950 and took the Stone to Scotland. Vernon was born in...
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  • the film tells the story of the removal of the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey. The stone, supposedly the Stone of Jacob over which Scottish monarchs...
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    to dupe invading English', Abbot of Scone hid real stone from Edward I, says Salmond". The Times. The Stone of Scone, brought to Westminster around 1300...
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    Scota (category Stone of Scone)
    transporter of the Stone of Scone from Ancient Egypt, during the Exodus of Moses, to Scotland. In 1296, the Stone was captured by Edward I of England and...
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    Lia Fáil (redirect from Stone of Fal)
    the calcareous red sandstone of which the Stone of Scone is composed; it is not currently believed the stones originated from connected quarry sites.[citation...
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    Bannockburn. This legend holds that this was a piece of the Stone of Scone and was installed at MacCarthy's castle of Blarney. Although colourful, this folk legend...
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  • 'Westminster Stone' to avoid confusion with the 'real' stone (sometimes referred to as the Stone of Scone). One of the most vocal proponents of this theory...
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    time in 1950, when the stone was stolen by Scottish nationalists), the chair housed the Stone of Scone upon which the kings of Scots were crowned. Although...
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  • including the Stone of Scone from an abandoned abbey on Iona, to his new domain. Kenneth I is traditionally considered the founder of Scotland, which...
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    coronations. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the Stone of Scone, which he had captured from the Scots. The chair was named after Edward...
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  • The Fifth Elephant (category Stone of Scone)
    the theft of the replica Scone of Stone (a parody of the real-life Stone of Scone) from the Ankh-Morpork Dwarf Bread Museum and the murder of Wallace Sonky...
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  • is a list of notable rocks and stones. List of largest meteorites on Earth List of longest natural arches List of rock formations List of rock formations...
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    Kay Matheson (category Alumni of the University of Glasgow)
    Gaelic scholar. She was one of the four University of Glasgow students involved in the 1950 removal of the Stone of Scone. Matheson was born in Inverasdale...
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    include the seizure of fragments of the Holy Cross from Wales after its defeat in 1283, and subsequently the Stone of Scone and regalia from Scotland after...
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  • Palace Stone of Scone Scone (category theory), a special kind of comma category Drop-scone, British word for a small pancake Frybread, called "scones" in...
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  • questioned by historian Colm McNamee, however, who writes that "the stone of Scone was to be returned to Scotland according to one report, but there is...
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  • Edward Faraday Odlum (category University of Toronto alumni)
    businessman. He studied the ethnography of the people of Australia and Northern Europe, and investigated the Stone of Scone. He was a believer in British Israelism...
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  • The King's Speech (category Stone of Scone)
    provoked to protest at Lionel's disrespect for King Edward's Chair and the Stone of Scone. After realising he has just expressed himself without impairment, Bertie...
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  • Stone of Destiny may refer to: Stone of Scone, the coronation stone of Scottish monarchs Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny), a monolithic stone in Ireland Pedra...
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    Keeping of the Regalia. Since 1996, the commissioners have also been empowered by another royal warrant for the safekeeping of the Stone of Scone and for...
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    Kate Mara (category American people of English descent)
    starred in the 2008 film Stone of Destiny, written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, about the theft of the Stone of Scone on Christmas Day, 1950....
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  • Omphalos (redirect from Omphalos (stone))
    of Mexico Stone of Scone Umbilicus urbis Romae Burkert, Walter (1985). Greek Religion. Dehoqu (1925). Dishi. Farnell, Lewis R. (1896). The Cults of the...
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  • writes that Fergus brought the Stone of Scone with him from Ireland, that he was succeeded by a son named Dúngal. A list of kings follows which is corrupt...
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    After the English invasion in 1296, these regalia and Stone of Scone, upon which monarchs of Scotland were invested and crowned, were captured by the...
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