Iron Age Settlement
Iron Age Settlement is an archaeological site in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Iron Age Settlement is situated nearby to the archaeological site Bronze Age Settlement, as well as near the museum Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jarlshof and Sumburgh Airport.
Jarlshof
Nature reserve
Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
Sumburgh Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving the island of Shetland, Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish of Dunrossness, 17 NM south of Lerwick.
Old Scatness
Archaeological site
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Scatness is an archeological site on Scat Ness, near the village of Scatness, in the parish of Dunrossness in the south end of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, near Sumburgh Airport. Old Scatness is situated 1 mile northwest of Iron Age Settlement.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sumburgh and Scatness.
Sumburgh
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sumburgh is a village near the southern tip of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, with a population in 2011 of about 100. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, continuously inhabited for 4000 years.
Scatness
Village
Photo: Douglas Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scatness is a settlement on the headland of Scat Ness at the southern tip of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, across the West Voe of Sumburgh from Sumburgh Head and close to Sumburgh Airport, the Shetland Islands' main airport.
Exnaboe
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Exnaboe, locally referred to as 'bö', is a settlement in the Virkie area of the parish of Dunrossness, South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, overlooking Sumburgh Airport, and the Pool of Virkie.
Iron Age Settlement
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.86894° or 59° 52′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.2902° or 1° 17′ 25″ westOpen location code
9CFWVP95+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5761533658OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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