Scone Abbey

Scone Abbey (originally, Scone Priory) was a house of Augustinian canons based at Scone, Perthshire (Gowrie), Scotland. Varying dates for the foundation have been used ranging between 1114 and 1122. However, historians have long believed that Scone was a center of the early medieval Christian cult, the Culdees (Céli Dé in medieval Irish) meaning "Companions of God". Very little is known about the Culdees but it is thought that a cult may have been worshiping at Scone from as early as 700. Archaeological surveys taken in 2007 suggest that Scone was a site of real significance prior to Kenneth MacAlpin bringing the Stone of Destiny, Scotland's most prized relic and coronation stone, to Scone in 841.