Tour Scotland video of Winter drive to Scone village on ancestry, genealogy, visit by Perth, Perthshire. The original village of Scone, which grew up around the monastery and royal residence, was abandoned in the early 19th century when the residents were removed and a new Scone Palace was built on the site by the Earl of Mansfield. The new village was built in 1805 as a planned village and was originally called New Scone, but is now officially called Scone