St. Margaret's Chapel Crown Square the citadel at the top of the castle. 15th century (during the reign of King James III) as the main courtyard of the castle. Before 1818 it was known as Palace Yard. Royal Palace former Royal Apartments. 15th century residence of the later Stewart monarchs. The Crown Room This vaulted Strongroom is located on the first floor of the Royal Palace building. contains the Honours of Scotland. include the Crown of Scotland, sceptre and sword of state. The Crown dates from 1540 made of Scottish gold and is set with 94 pearls, 10 diamonds and 33 other precious and semi-precious gemstones. The Sceptre made of gold topped with a large Rock Crystal (Quartz). The Stone of Destiny Also located among the honours. The most treasured possession of Scotland. otherwise known as the Stone of Scone. the monarchs of Scotland are traditionally crowned. The Great Hall built in 1513
Overview Flag-Saltire Royal Standard of Scotland Edinburgh, Glasgow First Minister Alex Salmond 78,387km² 5,222,100 St Andrew History Picts (Celtic tribe) Romans named scotland Caledonia The Scots Queen Mary was forced to abdicate the Scottish throne in 1567. National Symbols Thistle Declaration of Arbroath Tartan Bagpipes Kilt Honours of Scotland Crown, Sword and sceptre are from late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Crown was made in 1540. Pope Julius II presented the sword to King James IV in 1507. The sceptre was made in 1494 and was presented to King James IV by Pope Alexander VI Honours of Scotland Language Have spoken Pictish, Scottish Gaelic similar Norse, Norman- to Irish, it is French and Brythonic recognised as an Scottish English since official language of
named and cared for by the ravenmaster Each bird is fed daily on 150g of raw meat, supplemented by dog biscuits soaked in blood The Tower of London keeps a group of ravens permanently on the grounds because of a legend: should all the ravens ever leave the tower then it, the British crown and British kingdom will fall. Crown jewels Is home to The English Crown Jewels including jewels, plate, and symbols of royalty such as the crown, sceptre, and sword The Crown Jewels have been kept at the Tower of London since 1303 after they were stolen from Westminster Abbey The collection of Crown Jewels contains various crowns, some of which are used by every Sovereign St. Edwards Krone Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level
on the front benches while opposition senior members sit directly opposite. The distance between the benches marked out on the floor in red lines, is exactly two sword lengths and one foot apart. Members are not allowed to cross these lines, thus ensuring that debates are kept orderly. In the centre of the floor stands the Table of the House, on which the mace is placed at the start of each parliamentary sitting; this is the Speaker's sceptre. The speaker of the house presides over sittings, keeping order. The House of Lords decorated in scarlet and gold has all the grandeur one would expect in this chamber. This is where Her Majesty the Queen comes to open Parliament each November. Placed beneath a regal canopy, the gold throne which dominates the house is where the Queen sits to deliver the traditional opening speech. The Lord Chancellor sits opposite, on the famous Woolsack, this is a large scarlet
Dyke was to place boundary between his domain and Welsh kingdom of Powys 20 m wide, 8 m high A defensive work, nowadays border still folllows the remains of Offas dyke Redwald Sutton Hoo Redwald was a king ofEast Anglia, whose burial was opened in 1939 at Sutton Hoo of the East Anglian coast Redwald was buried in a ship under a mound, with his armour, weapons, treasures Ceremonial whetstsone can be scarcely anything than a sceptre Treasure is now in British museum Alfred the Great and the rise of Wessex to cultural pre-eminence Alfred the Great was the king of southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, stands out for his social and educational reforms and for military successes against Danes Improved the army and navy, bought vessels bigger than vikings The first town planner By 880s Wessex was covered with public strongholds, grid of streets, planned fortified towns where landowners,
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