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The Dunkeld Lectern is a mediaeval lectern which was one of the most prized possessions of St Stephen's Church, St Albans. The 150 kg brass reading desk stood approximately 1.6 metres high and took the form of a large eagle with outspread wings with the bird perched on an orb supported by a turned shaft. Engraved on the orb was a Latin inscription - Georgius Creichton Episcopus Dunkeldensis. George Crichton (or "Creichton") was abbot at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh from 1515 to 1522, and it is believed that he was presented the lectern to the Abbey on being made Bishop of Dunkeld by Pope Alexander VI, but was subsequently plundered by the English invaders, subsequently lost (and recovered) in the English Civil War before being stolen by a group of Scottish nationalists. On both occasions the lectern was hidden in a grave. It remains the subject of dispute.