Scotland's best Highland games
The caber toss, the hammer, massed pipe bands and Highland dancing, held in some of the most beautiful corners of Scotland. Here are eight of the finest village and small-town games, from the banks of Loch Lomond to the far north coast.
1. Luss Highland Games
Pipe bands and the caber toss on the banks of Loch Lomond, in one of Scotland's most photographed lochside villages. The setting alone is worth the journey.
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Caber and hammer thrown beside Loch Fyne in the grounds of Inveraray Castle, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Argyll.
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The heavies toss the caber and pipers play in Erray Park above Tobermory's painted harbour, on the Isle of Mull.
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Strongmen, Highland dancers and massed pipe bands gather at the Mackie Academy in this handsome Aberdeenshire harbour town.
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Held at riverside Bught Park, one of the largest games in the Highlands, in the Highland capital itself.
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One of the highest village games in Scotland, with heavy events and Highland dancing high in the Cairngorms.
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Burntisland Links on the Fife coast has hosted Highland games for centuries, among the oldest gatherings of their kind in the world.
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Britain's most northwesterly Highland games, held in a remote crofting village at the very top of the mainland.
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