in december 2010, the writer a. j. morton stated that irvine was a "lost medieval capital" and a likely candidate in the debate about the stone of destiny and its location before it was moved to scone. citing hector boece, who said the stone was kept at evonium a legendary city and home to the early scottish crown, morton said that irvine's early high status position in the 12th century supported the theory that irvine is evonium. morton write: