Tour Scotland Travel Video Putting The Stone Highland Games Birnam Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of an athlete putting the stone at the Highland Games on ancestry visit to the village of Birnam, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The shot put is a favourite at all good Highland Games. Competitors throw a large stone of around 20 to 26lbs in weight as far as they can. The stone is thrown either after a short run up to the toeboard or from a fixed standing position, depending on the rules of the competition. The contestant who throws the furthest wins. Robert Burns was keen on stone putting and apparently left his favourite putting stone at Ellisland Farm near Dumfries. If he saw anyone using it whilst he lived there he would call " Bide a wee " and join in the sport, always proving that he was the strongest man there.

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