Introduction to the Stone of Destiny: The Stone of Scone, commonly known as the "Stone of Destiny" or "Coronation Stone", is a sandstone used by successive kings of Scotland in their coronations.
Scone stone is light yellow in color, rectangular in shape, 26 inches long, 16 inches wide, 11 inches high, and weighs 336 pounds. According to Celtic legend, when Jacob saw an angel (Genesis 28:10-22 in the Old Testament of the Bible), he rested his head on this stone, so it is also called "Jacob's Pillow" and "Jacob's Pillar". Or "Chief Stone".
The stone was once preserved in the now abandoned Scone Abbey in Perthshire, hence its name. In 1296, Edward I took the Scone Stone back to England as a trophy and placed it under the "St. Edward's Seat", the coronation throne of the King of England in Westminster Abbey, symbolizing the unification of England and Scotland under the sovereignty of the King of England.