Exactly. An another aspect of this respectful attitude and character would involve accepting the loss if one is destroyed rather than replacing it with a fake.

Exactly. An another aspect of this respectful attitude and character would involve accepting the loss if one is destroyed rather than replacing it with a fake. However, precise replicas to already exist for the most popular and widely known lifting stones- the Húsafell and the Dinney stones have been carefully copied and replicated, to allow people to train for the real thing from a distance, and to allow for their use in strongman competitions when removing them from their historical site isn't appropriate or allowed.