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Toss Your Caber Here

The Charleston Scottish Games and Highland Gathering is back at Boone Hall Plantation for its 44th year, making it one of the oldest Scottish games celebrations in the Southeast. Hosted by the Scottish Society of Charleston, it’s the culmination of quite a few days of Scottish related activities.

There will be lots of big guys in kilts tossing heavy things around, music, dancers, lots of kid’s activities and the ever popular Border Collie demonstrations. You can find the full slate of activities here.

The cost of admission is $25 for adults, $5 for children (12-6)  and younger than 6 get in free.

Boone Hall is located at 125 Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant.

You can buy tickets and find more information here.

Enjoy!

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