2011

HU3909 : Jarlshof: Iron Age remains and the Laird’s House

taken 13 years ago, near to Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Jarlshof: Iron Age remains and the Laird’s House
Jarlshof: Iron Age remains and the Laird’s House
The archaeological site at Jarlshof represents over 4,000 years of continual human habitation. The earliest remains are of Bronze Age buildings from around 2500-2000 BC; Iron Age round houses date from between 200 BC and AD 800; a Viking settlement from the 9th to 14th centuries stands towards the eastern side of the site; and finally the castle, the Laird's House, stands in the centre of the site and was converted from a medieval farmhouse to a fortified residence in the 1500s.

Similarly to Skara Brae in Orkney (HY2318), the Jarlshof site was hidden until a storm in the late 1800s expsed some of the remains. Archaeological work in the 1920s and 1940s/50s revealed the full extent of the site.

Here, we look across some of the earlier Iron Age round houses, with the considerable remains of the Laird's House in the background.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Bronze Age and Iron Age [22] · Centre of the site and was Converted [17] ·
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HU3909, 120 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 2 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 15 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 3982 0953 [10m precision]
WGS84: 59:52.1406N 1:17.4422W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HU 3986 0952
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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