Scone, where the ancient Kings of Scotland were crowned, is close to which town or city?
Scone, Scotland the Middle Ages it was an important royal centre, used as a royal residence and as the coronation site of the kingdom's monarchs. Around the royal site grew the town of Perth and the Abbey of Scone. In Gaelic poetry Scone's association with kings and king-making gave it various poetic epithets, for instance, "Scoine sciath-airde", "Scone of the High Shields", and ', "Scone of the Noisy Shields". Scotland itself was often called or shown on maps as the "Kingdom of Scone" (or "Sconiana"), '. A comparison would be that Ireland was often called the "Kingdom of Tara", Tara, like Scone,
Scone Palace A representation of the church on the Abbey's seal, and some surviving architectural fragments, show that it was built in the Romanesque style, with a central tower crowned with a spire. Between 1284 and 1402 Scone Abbey (sometimes referred to as the Palace of the Abbots) often served to house the Parliament of Scotland. Alexander II and Alexander III, both crowned at Scone, ruled from 1214 to 1286. For centuries the greatest treasure at Scone was the Stone of Scone upon which the early Kings of Scotland were crowned. When Edward I of England carried off the Stone of Scone