Scone (Écosse)

Scone (en écossais : Sgàin ; en moyen irlandais : Scoine) est un village d'Écosse, dans la région de Perth and Kinross. Son nom est prononcé « scoune ». À Scone se trouvait la Pierre du destin, dite aussi Pierre de Scone, sur laquelle les rois d'Écosse étaient couronnés. La pierre fut emmenée comme butin de guerre à Westminster par le roi Édouard Ier d'Angleterre en 1296. Mais les rois écossais continuèrent à se faire couronner à Scone, jusqu'à Charles II, en 1651. Au début du XIIe siècle, Alexandre Ier d'Écosse construisit à Scone une abbaye pour y conserver la Pierre du destin. L'endroit servit aussi de résidence royale. Un village médiéval, Old Scone, se développa peu à peu autour de l'abbaye. Mais au XIXe siècle, l'ensemble fut rasé par le comte de Mansfield pour construire le château actuel. Et un nouveau village — New Scone — fut construit en 1805, à deux kilomètres à l'ouest de l'ancien. Il comprend de nos jours 4 000 habitants et fait partie de la banlieue de Perth. La Pierre du destin a été rétrocédée à l'Écosse le 15 novembre 1996. Elle est désormais exposée au château d'Édimbourg.

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Scone, Scotland

Scone ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Sgàin; Scots: Scone) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The medieval town of Scone, which grew up around the monastery and royal residence, was abandoned in the early 19th century when the residents were removed and a new palace was built on the site by the Earl of Mansfield. Hence the modern village of Scone, and the medieval village of Old Scone, can often be distinguished. Both sites lie in the historical province of Gowrie, as well as the old county of Perthshire. Old Scone was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Scotland. In 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.

Scone Thistle F.C.

Scone Thistle Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in Scone, Perth and Kinross. Their home ground is Farquharson Park and club colours are black and red.

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Raid on Scone

After the action at Lanark, William Wallace joined forces with William Douglas the Hardy and led a raid on the city of Scone. He and his men forced William de Ormesby, the English-appointed Justice of Scotland, to flee, and took control. After this, Douglas was captured, but Wallace continued to capture land for Scotland, and then moved on to win the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

Murrayshall Country Estate & Golf Club

Murrayshall Country Estate & Golf Club, in Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, features two 20th-century golf courses surrounding a 17th-century house. The golf courses were completed in 1981, having received approval from the Tayside Planning and Development Committee in 1976. Located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Perth Airport, the two golf courses are Murrayshall and Lynedoch. The architect of Murrayshall Course was J. Hamilton Stutt (1924–2008). The 41-bedroom Murrayshall House was built by Andrew Murray, son of Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird, in 1664. The building, which was later owned by Francis Norie-Miller, was put on the market for £4 million in 2015. It was voted Central Scotland and Fife's Golf Hotel of the Year shortly beforehand. Hetherly Capital Partners purchased the property in 2016, and later undertook a £10-million regeneration project, to a design by Fergus Purdie Architects. In 2021, the new owners submitted plans to: add a further fifty rooms to its hotel, create a golf academy and driving range, build fifty new homes, forty self-catering cottages and twenty-five tree houses or glamping pods.

Old Scone mercat cross

Old Scone mercat cross (also known as Old Scone market cross) is the sole remnant of the ancient Scottish town of Old Scone, which was dissolved in 1803–1804 upon the development of today's New Scone. Now in the grounds of Scone Palace, albeit a few yards south of the cross's original location, it was erected sometime in the late Middle Ages and is now a Category A listed structure. The cross has an octagonal shaft with a moulded capital and foliated cross. Other fragments sit at its base.