SECTIONS of the King’s Table, a symbol of royal power until it was smashed by Oliver Cromwell, have been found beneath the floor of the Palace of Westminster.
The elaborately carved stone table was used by kings and queens from the 13th century for coronation feasts and state banquets but disappeared under Puritan rule.
It represented the power and authority of the monarch in the same way as the King’s Bench, a court, and the King’s Privy Wardrobe, also known as the Jewel Tower.
Kind of amazing the backstory on the find. Imagine what the interpretation would be if nothing were known about it.
Well, wait, we know what the interpretation would be: "It must have some form of ritual significance." True, but more or less what is always said when we don't know what the devil something was for.