Scone Palace (pronounced "scoon", rhymes with soon) is just outside of Perth. It is the ancient spot where Scottish kings have been crowned since 856 AD when the first guy who was able to unite the Picts and Scots was crowned there. The last king to be crowned there was Charles II of England in 1658. To build support for himself, he wanted to be crowned King of Scotland before being crowned King of England. There was a little problem with Oliver Cromwell in those years. There is a mound of dirt where a special stone (a replica) sits and is where the king sat during the crowning. Each noble would bring dirt in his boot to deposit a bit of the dirt from his land as he swore homage to the new king. Over the years, this dirt created the mound. The palace itself was originally an abbey and the abbott's palace until the Protestants burned it down in the 1500's.
The grounds are beautiful. After touring the palace we walked around taking pictures of trees and flowers. We got lost in the maze for a few minutes. Afterwards, we drove back through Aberfeldy to Kenmore and found a restaurant on the side of Loch Tay. We had Neems (turnips), Tatties (mashed potatoes) and Haggis for a starter and then I had a pork tenderloin and Linda had a lamb dish. All excellent and didn't cost too much. On the way back to our resort, we stopped at a circle of stones that dated back to 300 B.C. Linda had been looking for these circles. There are a lot of these circles in the UK., i.e. Stonehenge.
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