Moot Hill (Scone)
The Moot Hill of Scone is a significant Scottish hills and situated on the banks of the Tay near the Scottish city of Perth .
history
Beginnings
The name Moot Hill goes back to the Gaelic Tom-a-mhoid . That means something like “place where justice is done”. The Scottish King Kenneth I MacAlpin founded the city of Celtic Abertha here in 846 . This is where the Stone of Destiny (The Stone of Providence) was brought. All Scottish- Pict kings were crowned on this stone until 1296 . In 1296, after Edward I crushed a Scottish revolt , the latter took the stone and brought it to Westminster Abbey . There he had him incorporated into his own royal throne.
After losing the holy stone
Despite the loss of the stone, Moot Hill remained the coronation site of the Scottish kings. The city of Celtic Abertha was lost, but an Augustinian monastery took its place . For the sake of tradition, a coronation chair was built here instead of the stone. The last king to be crowned here was Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745.
1745 until today
No more Scottish kings were crowned after the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Scotland became part of Great Britain . The Earls of Mansfield acquired the site and began building Scone Palace in 1808 . This still exists today as an example of the neo- Gothic architectural style.
The legend
According to legend, only the true Scottish king with the purest blood of the Highlands could be crowned on the "Stone of Destiny". According to legend, the stone emitted a high-pitched singing sound, thus announcing that the king had been found. Robert the Bruce 'kingship was challenged by his enemies as he could not be crowned on the stone. Edward I stole it in 1296.
Another legend has it that the hill consists of the collected earth that every clan chief brought from his homeland in his boots to the coronation ceremony.
literature
- Scotland Castles - Culture and Landscape. Müller, 2003, ISBN 3-89893-075-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board on Moot Hill