Tour Scotland Photograph Video Throwing The Hammer Newburgh Games

Tour Scotland photograph of throwing the hammer at the Highland Games in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The hammer evolved from its early informal origins to become part of the Scottish Highland games in the late 18th century, where the original version of the event is still contested today. It is believed that, like many Highland games events, the origin of the hammer throw is tied to a prohibition by King Edward I of England against Scotsmen possessing weapons during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.



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