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Here is some info I gleaned from the web about Black Rood so named because the piece of the true cross was carried in a black wooden box.It was stolen by Edward 1 in 1296 and returned in 1328 and lost after the battle of Neville Cross after held at Durham Cathedral until 1540 when during the reformation it was said to have been destroyed by Henry Vlll during the sacking of the building but there is always hope that some one might have smuggled it away or possibly it could have been taken back to Westminster who knows worth researching!

Here is some info I gleaned from the web about Black Rood so named because the piece of the true cross was carried in a black wooden box.It was stolen by Edward 1 in 1296 and returned in 1328 and lost after the battle of Neville Cross after held at Durham Cathedral until 1540 when during the reformation it was said to have been destroyed by Henry Vlll during the sacking of the building but there is always hope that some one might have smuggled it away or possibly it could have been taken back to Westminster who knows worth researching!

I too heard that the Stone of Destiny was made from a black Meteorite just like the Kabba in Mecca. That the stone was shaped into a "lozanger" shape, and was slightly curved at the top where the Kings sat. That it was highly polished and had ancient markings/writings incised into it.

The stone itself is a Muslim object of veneration, built into the eastern wall of the Ka'bah (small shrine within the Great Mosque of Mecca) and probably dating from the pre-Islamic religion of the Arabs. It now consists of three large pieces and some fragments, surrounded by a stone ring and held together with a silver band. According to popular Islamic legend, the stone was given to Adam on his fall from paradise and was originally white but has become black by absorbing the sins of the thousands of pilgrims who have kissed and touched it. In 930 it was carried away by the fanatics of the Qarmatian sect and held for ransom for about 20 years.

During performing the Hajj ceremony a Muslim walks seven times around the Ka'bah (or Kaaba), a shrine within the Mosque and then he or she kisses and touch the Black Stone. Therefore, it is very much an integral part of the Hajj ceremony.

Perhaps the most exalted rock in every sense is the Black Stone of the Kaaba, a dark boulder set in gold in the outer wall of Islam's holiest shrine, the Kaaba, in Mecca. Muslim sites make it clear that the Black Stone is not worshipped and not considered holy in itself. It's merely a much-loved marker, the "official" starting point of the walk around the Kaaba that forms the core of the holy pilgrimage called the hajj. There was a period of time when the Black Stone was taken away, for instance, and the hajj was not affected. This is a more modern viewpoint than the Scots', I think.

The Black Stone has just one legend, and it's a good one. It's said that when Abraham and Ishmael, patriarchs of the Arab people, were building the Kaaba, the stone was delivered to them by an angel from heaven. That story would suggest that the Black Stone is a meteorite, and indeed meteorites have been prized and revered by many different peoples around the world. But I wouldn't ask any Muslim, even a geologist, to waste one second of their hajj examining the stone to satisfy my curiosity.

I too heard that the Stone of Destiny was made from a black Meteorite just like the Kabba in Mecca. That the stone was shaped into a "lozanger" shape, and was slightly curved at the top where the Kings sat. That it was highly polished and had ancient markings/writings incised into it.

Another missing object that was stolen is the black rood. Would be good to find that aswell.