Stone of Destiny

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Scottish national symbol ceremonial stone relic

The Stone of Destiny is an ancient symbol of Scottish monarchy and sovereignty, traditionally used in the coronation of Scottish and later British kings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Stone of Scone 13
Stone of Destiny canonical 7
Lia Fáil 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish national symbol ⓘ
ceremonial stone ⓘ
relic ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coronation Stone ⓘ
Stone of Destiny ⓘ
surface form: Stone of Scone
associatedWith Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Scone Abbey ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
conditionOfReturn to be used in future coronations at Westminster Abbey ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
custodian Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
dateMovedTo 1296 (to Westminster Abbey) ⓘ
1996 (returned to Scotland) ⓘ
disputed authenticity of biblical origin ⓘ
feature two iron rings at each end ⓘ
featuredIn British royal ceremonial tradition ⓘ
Scottish folklore ⓘ
governedBy agreement between UK Government and Scottish Office (1996) ⓘ
height approximately 27 cm ⓘ
heritageStatus important cultural property of Scotland ⓘ
legendAssociatedWith Jacob's Pillow Stone ⓘ
Stone of Destiny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lia Fáil
length approximately 66 cm ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
surface form: Crown Room, Edinburgh Castle
material sandstone ⓘ
movedFrom Scone Abbey ⓘ
movedTo Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
owner the Crown ⓘ
surface form: The Crown
partOf Honours of Scotland ⓘ
placedUnder Coronation Chair seat ⓘ
recoveredIn 1951 ⓘ
returnedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom Government
returnedTo Scottish people ⓘ
shape rectangular block ⓘ
stolenBy Scottish nationalist students ⓘ
stolenIn 1950 ⓘ
symbolizes Scottish monarchy ⓘ
Scottish sovereignty ⓘ
usedFor coronation of British monarchs ⓘ
coronation of English monarchs ⓘ
coronation of Scottish monarchs ⓘ
usedIn Coronation Chair ⓘ
usedInEvent Coronation of Charles III ⓘ
surface form: coronation of King Charles III

coronation of King George VI ⓘ
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
weight approximately 152 kg ⓘ
width approximately 42.5 cm ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edinburgh Castle → contains → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
Edinburgh Castle → houses → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
King of Scots → symbol → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Scottish monarch → used → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Scone → associatedWith → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Scone → knownFor → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Scone, Perthshire, Scotland → associatedWith → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Coronation Chair → associatedWith → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Scone Palace → associatedWith → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Scone Palace → originalHomeOf → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Stone of Destiny → alsoKnownAs → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Stone of Destiny → legendAssociatedWith → Stone of Destiny self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lia Fáil
Royal Palace → contains → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Palace (Edinburgh Castle)
Charles Martin Smith → directed → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
Scone Abbey → contains → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Scone Abbey → associatedWith → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
Tara → hasFeature → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lia Fáil
Tara of the Kings → hasMonument → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lia Fáil
William Vince → notableWork → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
William Vince → producerOf → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
William Vince → workedOn → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
High Kingship of Ireland → hasSymbol → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lia Fáil
1306 coronation of Robert the Bruce → associatedWith → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Kings of Scotland → symbol → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stone of Scone
Hill of Tara → hasStructure → Stone of Destiny ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lia Fáil