Medal, for quoiting

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This silver medal for quoiting was given in 1842 by William Mundell, a Dumfries baker, to the quoiters of his native parish of Caerlaverock in Perthshire.

The medal is shaped like a miniature quoit - a large ring thrown in the game of quoiting.

Quoiting was a game in which quoits, made of cast iron or steel and weighing 10lbs or more, were thrown at a metal pin 21 yards distant in an attempt to encircle it.

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• Online ID: 000-100-082-773-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1995.646
• Date: 1842
  
• Material: Silver. Inscription: Presented / to the / Quoit Players of his Native Parish / Caerlaverock / by William Mundell, Grocer, Dumfries. 1842. / T
  Medal
  
• Dimensions: 60 mm D; 8 mm H x 29 mm W (body)
  
• What: Medal
  
• Subject:
• Who: William Mundell (Presenter)
  
• Where: Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Caerlaverock
  
• Event:
• Description: Silver quoiting medal shaped like a miniature playing quoit and with an applied bar, played for in Caerlaverock Parish, Dumfriesshire, 1842
  
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