Highland Folk Museum - 32

Here we see the Curling Lake in the Museum grounds, located in a pinewood.



Curling is a winter ice sport. It was well-established in Scotland by the 16th century, and today forms part of the Winter Olympics. On the ice, teams slid or 'delivered' their curling stones, made of turned granite rock, from the 'hack' along the 50 yards long rink towards the concentric circles of the 'house'. The competition was to get the closest to the target, often a turned wooden 'bottle' at the house's centre.