 I do not see any evidence in the stone itself why it may not have been taken from the neighbourhood of Scone ; indeed, it perfectly resembles some of the sandstones of that district. As a geologist I would say that the stone is almost certainly of Scottish...  Archaeologia Cambrensis - Page 1561870Full view - About this book
 | Scottish History Society - 1887 - 462 pages
...Tradition that earth 1 See Dr. Skene's Coronatlon Stone, 1869. Dr. Geikie, in App. p. 50, says : " The stone is almost certainly of Scottish origin ;...coast of Argyle and the mouths of the Tay and Forth." was brought here from every Barony in the Kingdom that held of the King, and that here, on the death... | |
 | Richard Pococke, Daniel William Kemp - 1887 - 492 pages
...a Tradition that earth 1 See Dr. Skene's Coronation Stone, 1869. Dr. Geikie, in App. p. 50, says : "The stone is almost certainly of Scottish origin...coast of Argyle and the mouths of the Tay and Forth." was brought here from every Barony in the Kingdom that held of the King, and that here, on the death... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1902 - 452 pages
...the neighbourhood of Scone ; indeed, it perfectly resembles some of the sandstones of that district. As a geologist, I would say that the stone is almost certainly of Scottish origin." In a word, then, the stone, which was unknown in the sixth century, had earned a recognised place in... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1902 - 410 pages
...the neighbourhood of Scone ; indeed, it perfectly resembles some of the sandstones of that district. As a geologist, I would say that the stone is almost certainly of Scottish origin." In a word, then, the stone, which was unknown in the sixth century, had earned a recognised place in... | |
 | Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1903 - 518 pages
...pebbles. (See " Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey," by Dean Stanley, p. 499.) • Ibid. some of the sandstone districts between the coast of Argyle and the mouths of the rivers Tay and Forth, there is no geological evidence to show that it may not have been taken from... | |
 | Jewish Historical Society of England - 1908 - 422 pages
...purplish sandstone, whereas the rocks round Bethel are formed of strata of limestone. Geikie says: "As a geologist I would say that the stone is almost certainly of Scottish origin" (WF Skene, The Coronation Stone, 1869, last page). It is not necessary to do more than allude to the... | |
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