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Jarlshof (/ˈjɑːrlzhɒf/ YARLZ-hof) is the best-known
prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland,
Shetland and...
- Scotland. The
application for
consideration of "Mousa, Old
Scatness and
Jarlshof: The
Zenith of Iron Age Shetland" as a ****ure
World Heritage Site was made...
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felsite from Northmavine.
Pottery shards found at the
important site of
Jarlshof also
indicate that
there was
Neolithic activity there although the main...
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village to the north.
Sumburgh has a po****tion of
approximately 100.
Jarlshof is
situated to the west of Sumburgh,
adjacent to
Sumburgh Hotel. Sumburgh...
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above the
entrance door. As in the case of Old
Scatness in
Shetland (near
Jarlshof) and
Burroughston on Shapinsay,
brochs were
sometimes located close to...
- 2008. "Barnhouse Settlement". Orkneyjar.
Retrieved 11
February 2008. "
Jarlshof Prehistoric &
Norse Settlement"
Historic Scotland.
Retrieved 2
August 2008...
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December 2008. "Visitor
Attractions -
Mousa Broch,
Scatness Broch and
Jarlshof |
Visit Shetland".
Archived from the
original on 27
December 2008. Retrieved...
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Island of St Helena, UNESCO,
retrieved 17 July 2016 Mousa, Old
Scatness and
Jarlshof: the
Zenith of Iron Age Shetland, UNESCO,
retrieved 17 July 2016 The Twin...
- the
sites did not
begin until the 1930s, when digs were
undertaken at
Jarlshof and Gurness. No work of a
modern standard was done in the
Hebrides until...
- centuries, the
first written records being the
Norse sagas. The
excavations at
Jarlshof near the
southern end of the
Mainland have
provided archaeological evidence...
