The Coronation Chair and Stone of Scone: history, archaeology and conservation - series 3, number 2

Constructed in 1297-1300 for King Edward I, the Coronation Chair ranks amongst the most remarkable and precious treasures to have survived from the Middle Ages.

It incorporated in its seat a block of sandstone, which the king seized at Scone, following his victory over the Scots in 1296.

This volume assembles the complementary evidence derived from history, archaeology, and conservation, and presents a factual account of the Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone, not as separate artefacts, but as the entity that they have been for seven centuries.