Who Hid the Stone of Destiny

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[@user-mn1vz5ew7o]

A great idea my friend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with your knowledge of Scottish history and culture and you being the tour guide would be absolutely fantastic holiday ( vacation) for those who have a family historical heritage to Scotland. And NO I don’t have any association with this channel or his business. I’m just saying if I was an expatriate of this beautiful historically enriched land and was wanting to visit the country of your heritage what better than a tour guide who will give you the historical background and the folklore which often has a lot of truth in it 🧐😉👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@xtramail4909]

You are Scottish don’t let anyone tell you otherwise! You do so much for Scotland telling the history that isn’t told in schools. Much of Scottish history is self-taught, even the Jacobite rising. Thank you for doing this work.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks for watching. We do it together

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@ScotlandHistoryTours.....was it Winston Churchill who wrote....Let us go forward together...? ...E

[@nialloneill5097]

@@eamonnclabby7067 To the beaches? Not sure why he wished to fight on the beaches...you can barely walk on them, let alone fight on them. Look what happened at Culloden...that was some kind of quick sand, or a bog.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

​@@nialloneill5097...indeed....nechtan mere was a good choice of bog for the Picts to defeat the Northumbrians.....Loch Troon by Robert the Bruce...El Alemain ...think I,ll stop now.😅😅😅.

[@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb]

We are all jock tamsons bairns ❤❤

[@kenbrown2808]

"Resistance is Feudal."

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

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[@Scotland_the_Brave1984_McCabe]

Not for us Scots, in the end it was us Scots that took the throne of England because they didn't have a next in after Lizzy the 1st so king James got it.people 4get that. They think we never got indi from England and we did, we sent longshanks son away crying 😂

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

👍🤭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🙋

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

Do you think that De or D'Murray Murray is in fact the French Du Maurer! AHH. So that's where she got her stories from! 🤨😬🤭

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

It is if you encounter a crouching pensioner, hidden shopping trolley! 😮😂

[@rogerbodger912]

condolences on the recent passing of your sister.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😪

[@lauraschreiner7900]

Happy 60th Bruce Thank you for as many hours of entertainment as history of an ENDLESSLY place of mystery and wonder❤

[@Allastrology]

Thank you Bruce. Always a treat to learn Scotland's history from you!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Echo that sentiment too....

[@melissavancleave8686]

You are the easiest teacher, I've ever had. I believe we're the same age. Thank you again.

[@callumgordon1668]

I got the book on your recommendation from the publisher. I’ve only got through the first couple of chapters. I’ve studied the wars of independence since school over 40 years ago. As you gave the list of suspects it dawned on me why, if hidden it’s never reappeared. So I won’t spoil it for anyone else, but a wee lightbulb came on for me!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜

[@mikhailabunidal9146]

@callumgordon1668 Same

[@TheNewSettlers]

Thank you for your work.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

My pleasure!

[@deanhallett-vx1jg]

Thank you for making this top notch video Bruce! Glad to see there was plenty of interest in whodunit?

[@EliRedman]

In reading some of the comments I see that you had a recent birthday, Bruce. Happy Birthday to you! I also see that it is mentioned that you lost your dear sister. I'm so deeply sorry to hear this. Please accept my condolences. Thank you for another excellent video.

[@abinlp]

You make history fun Bruce. I ordered the book for my wife and I (from the UK not Jeff Bezos btw) and we haven’t read it yet. As you were running through the suspects, I thought to myself “is he actually going to spoil the book?“. Nicely done, I got a chuckle out of your solution.

[@rbweston]

I wouldn't rule out a cunning Hobbit and his gang of Dwarves. :D

[@nialloneill5097]

Fellowship of the Ring...I thought the stone table looked familiar...thieving dwarves or Hobbits again...

[@scotsmansghost1967]

I bought the book from Blackwell's, received it yesterday and can't wait to read it. Thank you for the recommendation. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@jimmaule1388]

I was so afraid you were going to give away the ending. I'm waiting for the book to arrive , Thank you

[@Hrossey]

“Haw haw wit am a like, wit am a like? Pure gallous so I am!” -- Rab C Nesbit, *Govan*

[@jenniferschmitzer3877]

You’re a pain in the atse. Only read that .. thought you were annoying like most . I’m identifying. Not telling you all to go get nicked.

[@jenniferschmitzer3877]

Hang on, you said Fraser. Unfortunately.

[@stevenb427]

Thumbs up as soon as i spot the video upload😊

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I love you😍

[@jameshorne9351]

Most Saturdays I do as well, but I wasn't up at 5am to do so today. I absolutely love Bruce's videos.

[@TheMrbillh]

Thank you for the Scottish history lessons, it sure beats the anglicised version we received at school when I was a young fella, It still annoys me that the English version of our history was force fed to us kids in Scottish schools, It is true what they say, that history is written by the victor and we were led to accept it.

[@pamelaadam9207]

We staged a strike in o grade history because of that very issue. Detentions all round.

[@erinf4810]

Thank you, Bruce 😊

[@craigevans6156]

Gallus is as Gallus does! A fascinating story Bruce. 😎

[@AtlasAndersson]

I appreciate everything about the book recommendation, if you catch my drift. And I appreciate you, good sir - many thanks!

[@Yivvin]

I bought the book from Tippermuir direct after watching your last video on the stone 👍💖

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Brilliant!

[@levern1966]

Nigel Tranter’s novel The Stone is also a great read

[@bigfootvsscots7981]

Was awesome to meet you on Friday, Loved your set :)

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, what a fun gig

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thank you.

[@Wee_Langside]

Hi Bruce, Good story telling as usual. Thanks for concealing the identities. I have always thought religious leaders would be mist likely candidates for various reasons, not least they had no land holdings in England to trade for the knowledge and the pope was unlikely to offer promotion in exchange. I'll now buy the book for winter reading, and promise not to skip to the end to find out who dunnit. Looking forward to the next videos when you make them. gach beannachd leat

[@benjaminlasseter8929]

Your way of not spoiling the end of the book was quite funny, Bruce! :D

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜

[@scottferguson48]

Wow Bruce another great video we'll do you. I wish you and your family well. All the best for your friend in Elgin

[@Bashkir097]

All right, ya got me! I'll order the book as soon as my new credit card arrives.

[@jameshorne9351]

Great video as always Bruce, keep up the good work, my Saturday morning routine, "cup of coffee, cigarette & a great video... 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇲♥️

[@harleywarleyyy8405]

Got emmmmmm! 😂 that ending left me feeling mugged off ngl. Thanks for the video nonetheless

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜

[@jamesconnolly3827]

I read once that it was a shiny black stone that was covered in ancient carvings, and as sutch is still hidden.Hmmm. 🤔🤔 Excellent programme once again tapadh leat, Alba saor agus Alba gu bràth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@nialloneill5097]

It is probably related to the Lia Fail...unless there were a no of scared stones...doubtless a Celtic sacred artefact... related to their sacred rites...they were much more spiritual than are given credit for...the Picts were the highest and most noble...

[@Oobido]

@@nialloneill5097 . Many are called but few are Pict.

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Intriguing.

[@buttoxbrown]

You should do a video on Torwood Castle. There's a guy and a bunch of helpers trying to restore it with their own hands with no funding. There's loads of history there

[@ChristophersMum]

You had me at ''don't buy from Amazon'' ...so your pal the book shop owner will get all the profit...yes I bought the book...thanks for the romp through more history that I thoroughly enjoy😃🌠

[@radge6579]

Brilliant Bruce 👍 I'll be getting the book from Tippermuir for the missus. Ceud taing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mattgwayman]

Thankyou for Book information.

[@sharktomesmiles]

Im finely catching up on the history of the Stone Destiny.

[@gijgij4541]

MORNING!

[@Gingineer1996]

MORNING!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Mornin

[@theGhostofRoberttheBruce]

The Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny, has a distinctive feature - a cleft or fissure in its surface. This natural cleft has been a part of the stone’s appearance for centuries. In addition to its significance in Scottish coronations, the Stone of Scone was once used as a baptismal font by Saint Columba.

[@WilliamMacdonald-bd7pv]

🇦🇺 entertaining as always big Yun 😁🤟

[@Butterflyandhearts95]

Book is on its way to me. Can’t wait to read it.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Brilliant

[@monsieurfoupierre]

It's in Methilhill, my Gran used it as a scrubbing board.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye it's been through the ringer right enough

[@janetmackinnon3411]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Is that 'ringer ' a pun?

[@Roberta-q1q]

​@@janetmackinnon3411 there's that bell tower theory again. I shouldn't wring more drama out of being a know - it - all, but I will.

[@nialloneill5097]

@@Roberta-q1q It rings a bell...

[@kenbrown2808]

the other possibility of what was done with it, would be that it was hidden close by. and to further complicate the case, it may have been hidden in a place that made it hard to recover.

[@myparceltape1169]

A foundation stone for a bell-tower.

[@Roberta-q1q]

​@@myparceltape1169since the lumber went into siege towers!

[@nialloneill5097]

@@myparceltape1169 Or a foundation stone underground of a holy place set on a sacred site for worship

[@MrMomo182]

They ate it with jam and clotted cream.

[@rubincain]

Book purchased! Thanks for the reccomendation.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@fionatinker23]

That is the most buggeration of a 'ah'm nae tellin ye, nar, nar, nar' ever! Well done, aff tae buy the book 😅

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😜

[@JockGit64]

Bought the book and really enjoyed it.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Wonderful!

[@SovereignWarrior74]

Kenneth relocated relics, including the Stone of Scone from an abandoned abbey on Iona, to his new domain.

[@keithgladman2410]

I remember Nigel Tranter writing about the stone being spirited away and hidden I can't remember where. A bit heavy going and a very long time ago

[@claudiaclark6162]

It probably was never taken and was just hidden in plain sight.

[@davesky538]

Very very interesting!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you think so!

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Good morning all, and I never understood why they would keep things out of our knowledge, always what the victor wants us to know, and make the rest hidden or not even accepted which is wrong to begin with, my dad always insisted that the truth no matter how bitter should be told as they say the truth never leaves a bitter aftertaste like a lie does it maybe hard to swallow but there's a remedy for that. And I'm looking for this book it's called the forgotten monarchy of Scotland I almost had it but I was to late picking it up at a chain bookstore back in the day and the clerk had already hated me deliberately put it in the send back shipment. I never went back there again. I was a minute late on picking it up . Later I heard that particular branch closed up suddenly, and I only hope that they got fired as well.

[@ThePc-DjHub]

You ooze charisma ma man 😅! I love the way you tell these historic events

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Ah cheers

[@mckaypaterson2519]

Nigel Tranter, a Scottish historian and historical novelist wrote of this event. I think he attributted the keepers of Stone of Destiny to be in the keeping the Clan MacDonald and or the Lord of Isles. He also said that the church leaders spirited away the stone.

[@jbearmcdougall1646]

Sir John Comyn the elder Lord of Badenoch & Lochaber and I think John Comyn earl of Buchan…

[@tinalowell3045]

Love this show this guy's good he should start his own show and call it Scotland's not so naked archaeologist😊

[@Roberta-q1q]

I also love Simcha Jacobovici, but I think Bruce does well emphasizing his tour guide calling. Especially now that he's promoting his own tour packages! (I thought that sentence without specifying "tour" again, then thought, "Mrs Fummey might not like that!". Simcha's flirty ease on camera made more sense to me when a wide shot revealed that Mrs Jacobivici might frequently be over the camera man's shoulder.)

[@alexroca6981]

When it was liberated from england in the 60s it was kept briefly at Berryhill Farm near Kilsyth, My Great Uncles owned that farm😏

[@Calum_S]

Would these nobles have to have been on site to steal the stone? It seems more likely to me that they'd just send some lackies down to do the heavy work while they kept their hands clean. You can probably still rule out anyone in English captivity as i can't see someone running a heist like this from a dungeon.

[@nialloneill5097]

Maybe someone liked it for its artistic properties...and took it for his new garden arrangements...

[@iansmythe4989]

I have it in my personal collection along with the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant.

[@maryannedouglas]

Without having read it yet, i'm guessing it's Balliol or Buchan? Motive, opportunity and most of all; it hasn't surfaced since. Neither of them, nor their families would have brought it out for a Bruce or Stuart King. If it was stolen (still a big 'if') it's probably lost forever by now.

[@traceridpath6614]

Hey @youtube I enjoyed this video production by the content creator

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You tell them

[@mikeharrison72]

Just bought Davids book Bruce. Thankyou. Hear, a reckon the stones in ma ma's gairden? She’s no far fae you bytheway..

[@Dlt814]

So...I am 100% not a conspiracy theorist but I've seen the Stone of Destiny multiple times in both Westminster Abbey and Edinburgh Castle. A guard actually told me I could stand on a folding chair to get over the grate and take a picture sitting on the coronation chair. I didn't dare. 😬 But I was that close. Anyway, it looked different in the two different locations. Probably the lighting, but I've wondered ever since if one or both were replicas with the real stone tucked away somewhere for safekeeping.

[@Sojourningnomad]

Whats the story behind the Cardoness castle in Wigtownshire?

[@igorscot4971]

It would not have been that difficult to transport, since it is approximately 335 lb or 152 kg, or 23.9 stones, and four people can easily carry it.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

🤔

[@francespeter]

Bruce: Peter Badenoch in Ontario, Canada here. We hoped to meet you at Seaforth but had to leave at half-time; we old folk can't take extreme heat and the clubhouse was a furnace. Please find someplace else next time ! But that's not my main complaint which is your mispronunciation of Badenoch. Correct form: two syllables only, "bade" as with made, "noch" just what you'd expect in Scotland. Emphasis on the first syllable. If you want to check this out, go to Badenoch itself -- e.g. Kingussie, Aviemore -- or go to Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire where the surname, although not that common, occurs the most. Now maybe you can get the BBC et al to pronounce Kemi's name correctly? Love the show -- Peter

[@etiennesharp]

It took me far too long to realise those were fake deer behind you 😄

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😂

[@Menofgodforu]

Now that is part of my story how Scotland forgot about us and seems to abandoned us

[@richardhallyburton]

Hi Bruce, are you suggesting that where it was taken to is Blairingly obvious?

[@alexanderhay7358]

my inner mel brooks is screaming dee-moan-AAAA

[@alfiegrace]

They certainly didn’t allow Edward, et al to steal the Stone of Scone. It was hidden from him, so English and British monarchs have been resting their rumps on a substitute stone

[@ThomasKelly669]

Luv it

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😘

[@TheBeardedcyclist]

Maybe it’s hidden in plain sight, and put it in the middle of Stonehenge as the altar stone?

[@ppavery]

He might have crowned the Bruce on the real stone in private....

[@MelanieRuck-dq5uo]

And Andrew Murray couldn't have done it because he would have been too busy playing tennis and his mother wouldn't have let him!

[@RobertOlds.630]

Andrew? Oh, I thought you said Arthur.😅

[@StrudlePie]

I hid the stone... from my mum n dad whenever I'd get the bus hame from Tarbert on the weekends! 😂

[@davidmartin2957]

The real question is not who stole the stone in my mind my question is where did the stone originate and who then gave the power to see it used in our coronations. Did it stretch back to the Kingdom of Dalriada was it Celtic or Pictish. I blame you for my questions stimulating my curiosity.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Stole? STOLE! You mean HID

[@alansmithee8831]

A'reyt Bruce. Send for Holmes, Watson.

[@Angel200929]

Any of them linked to the Sinclair family Templar’s? 🤷‍♀️🧐

[@rFuzzyBearX]

I believe the Stewart’s of Ardvolich had it, it was known they had a stone that all the villagers would visit for its healing powers, they also carry the merovingian bloodline which fits the Masonic prophecy of the return of Micheal and the stone of destiny.

[@nialloneill5097]

Is that the Archangel Michael...or someone you know?

[@rFuzzyBearX]

@@nialloneill5097 in Masonic prophecy, arch angel Micheal is is supposed to return as a messiah via a descendant of the Merovingian bloodline ie Stewart’s / Sinclairs of Scotland.

[@bearclaus2676]

​@@rFuzzyBearXhe'd be locked in a mental instituition if he tried.

[@FacesintheStone]

We have a long history with stone.

[@TootsMacTait]

Everyone knows it was ‘TV’ John McIver…😂

[@michaelpjeffries1521]

If the stone is sought after treasure. A substitution for original makes sense. Retrieved from plain sight hiding place, once threat has subsided. Those names of the usual suspects are from Bruce to Darlington nuclear facilities. And a farm in Whitby.

[@lynnemurphy114]

❤

[@christophermcguire27]

Be damned if I know but that lump isn't it

[@gadu5316]

I know, I know‼️ It’s in Chatsworth, Murray County, USA 🇺🇸🥴 💙🤍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@brucegordon6969]

I have been trying to get info on the tour, but having issues. The link isn’t working and the Info email won’t work, either… Help?

[@maryellencook9528]

Never underestimate a Murray.

[@drskelebone]

Not saying I immediately thought Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow, but if I'm thinking about Hot Shit from this time period, RW/BoG is top on my list of people being cool. XD

[@patrickhumphreys4753]

Great who dun it Bruce, but surely Robert the Bruce would have known of the ruse by 1306, and then brought out the real stone for his coronation. He was no fool when it came to propaganda, and it would have been a massive middle finger to the Norman-English king and nobility.

[@jamesconnolly3827]

Why is the program being interrupted by picture of the old test card??

[@Roberta-q1q]

Bruce hopes we'll buy the book, and is being polite to author David Maule.

[@dayeti6794]

👋

[@SovereignWarrior74]

Kenneth MacAlpin (Medieval Gaelic: Cináed mac Ailpin; Scottish Gaelic: Coinneach mac Ailpein;[a] 810 - 13 February 858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841-850), and King of the Picts (848-858), Gaelic origin.

[@auntyflo-fv1oc]

you bassa you!! hehehe! We enjoy your vids. Ta!

[@Hsalf904]

4:28 I live in Nova Scotia and know multiple people on that list 😂 minus the noble titles

[@kennethrollo7891]

I foun a stene up mormond hull ! Dug it up, it wiz an auld stene trouch. Well well, jist hea ti keep lookin.

[@davidhogg338]

I saw a documentary about a plucky copper called Hamish and his mate john hid it in a cave I thought they were very brave

[@tamebush8285]

I was starting to think I was the only one who'd seen that documentary. Not sure why this question keeps coming up when it was laid out so nicely there, and I'm sure Bruce has seen it as well having grown up in Scotland.

[@nialloneill5097]

Twas many yrs since I read about the various Stones, although it became apparent that there may only have been one sacred Stone...but many replicas...don't mention the Stone to China. I've been to the Lia Fail and Scone Palace...both are impressive sacred sites...as for the Stone, I cannot be sure. I vaguely recall that some argued it was the same stone. Perhaps though, it was carved up and used to dress some of the buildings in the background of the Video ...and one could ask...well, how important is a Stone anyway? I pondered for many yrs on these questions...and always fell back upon 2 other sacred stones-known for their special supra-earthly qualities. Namely, the Philosopher's Stone, and the Stone and the Sword...of the Arthurian myth that yielded Excalibur to the rightful King. The TRUTH of the matter is...a rightful Ling will be celebrated by the Nature Beings and Elementals of Creation, for tis a longgggg time since a true King dwelt upon the Earth...who acknowledged and worked with these spirits. The Return of the King is associated with this bondage between the King...and for the want of a better word...the Dragon's Breath, with good reason...for as the legends foretold...man became severed from this Breath and Water of Life through his wrong and evil desires...leading to the demise of the King, the land, and the People. Only when the King awakens and drinks of the Grail cup can the land become one again...for the King, being the purest, will be the first to absorb the powerful sustaining rays of light from the Creative Will, and pass them on to others...hence why some call him a priestly King. And this is why the Stone is important...for the elementals who work with stone...mostly gnomes, know who the rightful King is...and would not release the Sword from the Stone unless the King was the rightful heir...as God's servant. One day a King shall come then...I do not doubt this, my heart and head, and all Prophecies pt to his coming, but the big question is...as Bruce said, where is his stone, or stones, when he does come, and for that matter, his sword? I sense that our Celtic forefathers knew much more than us in these matters, and it was an honour to be directed to Scone Palace, Edinburgh Castle, and Stirling Castle, along with Tara Hill and Rosslyn Chapel...in my search for the purpose and meaning of life. The importance of the King and the Spirits of Nature became a part of this journey of discovery...and the film Excalibur was informative and enlightening. Still...I know not where the Stone and the Sword are...and I am inclined to suggest that perhaps, we will never know...if it was not for the fact that I know the King is here on Earth...and has not forgotten that he who seeks...FINDS. If he lets me know...I'll pass on my findings...in the meantime, watch Bruce, for more clues.

[@Roberta-q1q]

King? I didn't vote for him! We're an autonomous collective! As long as we don't let JD Vance and his "healthy ruling class" get ahold of US !!

[@nialloneill5097]

@@Roberta-q1q Thank the Lord that soon, as democracy collapses...and with it the notion that we are free through populist election forms that are for people who we do not remotely know, nor care for...and who do not have the slightest earnest regard for the folks who vote them in...apart from those with vested materialistic interests...that are held once very blue moon....then, the King will arise! A king only needs one vote of support...that of the One true Almighty God...then and only then, all spiritual beings and laws have his back. Those who would deny the King his Stone and Sword clearly have no true sense of freedom within, despite valiant warriors such as William Wallace coming to the earth...and Scotland...to free yer spirits and souls. He did not do it for the money or status...or your vote...he did it in service to Truth itself...and for the power of the Almighty. Those who follow his lead will walk away from the last elections of the so-called free world...that is far from free, hence the coming storms that will pave the way to a New Kingdom...and the King. But first...the dissolution of all that is old and useless. Watch for the supernatural signs in the sky and around you earthman...not all is as it seems!

[@Swindondruid2]

The question is, if the stome was stolen in 1296, why wasn't it revealed in 1314 when Scotland got its indepedence?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Stolen?

[@Swindondruid2]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours stolen from the raiding, stealing English