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Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement
85
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100
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West Voe Sands
Sumburgh
ZE3 9JN
Telephone: +44(1950)460112
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Sumburgh Airport
(1.8 miles)
Mill Quendale
(1.8 miles)
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SeeShetland
(59)
Shetland, United Kingdom
77%
excellent
A 4,500 year old time capsule.
[
SeeShetland
, 30/03/2007] Jarlshof was named by Walter Scott when he accompanied his friend Robert Stevenson on his visit to survey for lighthouse sites in the early 1800's. The only visible building was the ruin of Earl Patrick's Old House at Sumburgh which Walter Scott mentions in his book The Pirate, Jarlshof means Chief's House. It wasn't until the end of the 19th century that a fierce storm ripped out the shoreline at the front of the ruin and exposed the hidden structures that had been buried for over a thousand years. Excavations took 50 years and were held up by both World Wars but eventually the true extent of
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Rough Guide Guide
70%
perfection!
Jarlshof
Date published: Apr 2006
Author: Rob Humphreys and Donald Reid
Travel guide extract
Although there are a number of archaeological sites in Shetland, this one is not only "the largest" but also "the most impressive". The writer finds it "amazing" that you can "walk into" a 1600 years old house and find it "intact to above head height". This "big" site can get somewhat confusing as it includes remains "from the Stone Age" as far as the "early seventeenth century". Although it has a Viking name given by Sir Walter Scott who used the ruins in his novel "The Pirate", this site is not "primarily [...] Viking". It was "only" at the end of the nineteenth century that the Bronze A
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