Since then, it has crossed the border several times and is now in Edinburgh Castle.
The Stone of Scone used to rest on Moot Hill - a fitting location given the state of the Union. Like the rest of Scotland, in one week, the residents of this Perthshire village will have to decide whether or not they want their country to become independent of the United Kingdom.
And where better to discuss the implications of this than with the residents of Union Rd?
Local postmaster and Liberal Democrat councillor Lewis Simpson says the referendum has polarised opinion in the village.
On the way into Scone from Perth, visitors are confronted with two large Yes signs, showing that here, like elsewhere in Scotland, the campaign for independence is more visible than the campaign to remain in the Union.
But Simpson, who has been canvassing the area on behalf of Better Together alongside his Conservative counterpart and "new best friend" Dennis Melloy, says this does not tell the full story.
"There's an understandable reluctance, particularly among elderly people, to put a No notice in the window," he said.
It's not a climate of fear exactly, but there's an uneasiness among people that they don't want to draw attention to their views.
"I've been bothering voters for about 50 years - I used to help my dad deliver leaflets - and I've never had people beckon me into their house before to whisper in my ear their voting intentions.
"There's a general reluctance, particularly from No voters, to nail their colours to the mast where everybody can hear, which is unfortunate."
Union Rd is a short, quiet street of 11 houses containing 23 voters. Understandably, some residents did not want to discuss their voting intentions.
But from conversations with those who did, a picture emerged of a tiny community struggling to reach a consensus.
It is a pattern which, according to the week's polls, is being repeated throughout Scotland.
Duncan Mackenzie, 56, a retired nurse, has lived in Scone for 24 years. Although he is intending to vote Yes, he has placed a 2000 ($3900) bet on Scotland rejecting independence because he is convinced of the result.
"I'd never vote for [Scottish National Party leader Alex] Salmond in a million years and I don't like Labour - if I was English I'd vote Conservative," he said.
"There's no reason you can't be right-wing and still want independence. Everyone assumes that all the people who are going to vote Yes have got tartan on their heads and are communist. But I'll still vote Yes, because I'm sick of Westminster.
"The last time we voted on it in 1979 they said if Scotland voted No, we'd get X, Y and Z but that never happened. It was a bit of a slap in the face.
"Scotland has been the bread basket of Britain for so long, I don't see any reason why we couldn't go it alone."
A few doors down lives Katie Thomson, 46, and her two children. A communications manager who has lived in Scone for 15 years, she is undecided on independence, but is "verging towards Yes".
"There are a lot of No people saying we shouldn't leave the Union, but they're not giving us enough answers on what they'd do to make it better.
"They're using more scare tactics than real facts and figures. There's clearly something needed for Scotland. We're governed too much by England, I do believe that."
Across the road, Ian and Louise Hastie are putting out the recycling. The couple, both in their 30s, have lived in Scone for nine years and are intending to vote No.
"It feels like somebody's offering me a job, but they don't know where it is, how much money I'm going to get paid, my terms and conditions or what my holiday's going to be - but it's the best job I'll ever have," said Louise.
The one thing all the residents of Union Rd have in common is avoiding the topic of the referendum with their neighbours.
It seems that whatever happens on September 18, traditional British reserve is alive and well - on Union Rd at least.
Views of residents in Easterhouse, Glasgow
YES
Bob Holman
Although he is a lifetime Labour supporter, Holman is ignoring the party's stance on independence and is supporting the Yes campaign. "Three years ago the thought of not supporting what Labour said would have been too much for me - but over the last few years, poverty here has been the worst I've ever seen it. I've never really seen hungry people before. Whatever the Labour Party says, I'm voting for independence, because they're supporting the cuts."
Stephen Armour
"Labour and the Tories are as bad as each other - they tell you what you want to hear but you never see what they say. They tell you things to get your vote but you don't see a change. I'm a bit scared of the unknown, but what have we got to lose? It's not like it could be any worse."
NO
Anne and James Burrowes
"Why mend something that's not broken?" asks Anne. "We're all getting by."
"It's a deprived area, aye," says James. "But if Scotland goes independent, you're going to bring people down lower again - it's going to make it worse. If people find it hard at the moment, they're going to be scraping their arses along the ground soon, because we're going to be starting off with nothing."
