Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement

Sumburgh, Shetland, ZE3 9JN

 

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Jarlshof
Sumburgh
Shetland
ZE3 9JN

National Grid reference: HU 399 095

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Opening times

1 Apr to 30 Sept:
Daily 9.30am to 5.30pm
Last entry 5pm
Closed for lunch 12 noon to 1pm

1 Oct to 31 Mar:
Daily except Sun and Mon, 10am to 4pm
Last entry 3.30pm
Closed for lunch 12.30pm to 1.30pm

Facilities

A stone wall that used to be part of a house, with stone slabs on the ground in front of it.

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Ness of Burgi
A tall, intact looking broch next to the sea

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Mousa Broch
Scalloway Castle seen from a distance, surrounded by more modern houses and boats

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Scalloway Castle
The impressively intact remains of the broch are several storeys high. The stone walls are grass covered.

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Clickimin Broch
A canon pointing out to sea

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Fort Charlotte
A stone path leading into an uncovered neolithic hall

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Stanydale Temple
Muness Castle with its prominent round tower at the front

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Muness Castle
A passage made by stone walls leading down into the chambered cairn.

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Quoyness Chambered Cairn
A stone wall that used to be part of a house, with stone slabs on the ground in front of it.

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Ness of Burgi
A tall, intact looking broch next to the sea

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Mousa Broch
The impressively intact remains of the broch are several storeys high. The stone walls are grass covered.

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Clickimin Broch
A stone path leading into an uncovered neolithic hall

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Stanydale Temple
Small stone houses by the sea

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Knap of Howar
A general view of the Links of Noltland archaeological site.

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Links of Noltland
A view of the inside of an earth house

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Grain Earth House
A general view of the Broch of Gurness and Eynhallow Sound.

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Broch of Gurness

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