Bearers of destiny

The Stone of Destiny and portable sacrality

On New Year's Eve I had the opportunity to see the Stone of Scone - or Stone of Destiny, depending on what you prefer to call it - in its new home at Perth Museum. The museum is located about 2 miles away from the Stone's original location on the other side of the Tay at Scone Abbey, from which the English famously stole it in 1296. I have seen the Ston…