Yes it's set in England (the country).
The sword in the stone is a legendary sword located in the Great Hall of Winchester Cathedral in England. The sword is said to be embedded in a stone and can only be pulled out by the rightful king of England.
The sword in the stone and Excalibur are 2 different things. Merlin put the sword in the stone in the stone( which by pulling it out made Arthur King Arthur), and Excalibur was the sword that came later after the sword in the stone broke. Excalibur came from the Lady in the Lake.
In the Disney animated movie The Sword in Stone, Arthur, nicknamed Wart by Merlin, is accompanying Kaye to a joust as his squire. Wart forgets Kaye's sword and is headed back to fetch it when he comes across a sword embedded in stone. Wanting to get back to the tournament as soon as possible he decides to pull the sword from the stone and take it back to Kaye. What Wart didn't realize was that this sword was placed in the stone to be pulled from the stone only by the "rightwise born King of England." Others had tried but not been able to remove the sword. Wart easily pulls the sword from the stone and is acknowledge by everyone as Arthur, King of England.
The man that is shown worthy of the sword shall be the rightful ownerThe words weren't on the stone. They were on the sword. "Whoso Pullet Out This Sword of This Stone and Anvil, is Rightwise King Born of All England."
There is no mention of a precious stone in the story of King Arthur. However, the famous sword Excalibur is often referred to as the Sword in the Stone.
excaliber? the sword was not officially named in the movie but being a story of Merlin and a VERY young king Arthur it is safe to guess excalibur.
Caladfwlch, NOT Excalibur. The Sword in the Stone is the one that Merlin enchanted so that he could find the true King. Excalibur is from the Lady of the Lake.
Arthur removes the sword from the stone because he is the rightful king of England and the sword can only be pulled out by the true king. It is a symbolic act that proves Arthur's lineage and destiny to rule.
In the tale, he pulls the sword Excaliber from the stone.
On the marble block, it was written: "Whosoever pulleth out this sword of this tone and anvil is rightwise King born of all England." **According to TH White's The Once and Future King, on page 200, the inscription is on the sword itself and not on the marble block or the anvil. The quote of the inscription is on page 201. There is nothing written on the stone or anvil. It's the sword, Excalibur, that's important. And for Arthur to draw.
The sword in the stone. Whoever could pull it out was the true king of England.
The Sword in the Stone was created in 1938.