UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of a Viking Long House at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. Jarlshof is a complicated site which is thought to cover a period of sporadic habitation from 2500 BC to the 16th Century (the Laird's House visible as a ruin on the top of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish (top right) and Viking structures (foreground). The Bronze and Iron Age structures appear to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of a Viking Long House at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. Jarlshof is a complicated site which is thought to cover a period of sporadic habitation from 2500 BC to the 16th Century (the Laird's House visible as a ruin on the top of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish (top right of this image) and Viking structures (foreground). The Bronze and Iron Age structures appear to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of a Viking Long House at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. Jarlshof is a complicated site which is thought to cover a period of sporadic habitation from 2500 BC to the 16th Century (the Laird's House visible as a ruin on the top of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish and Viking structures. The Bronze and Iron Age structures appear to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of a Viking Long House at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. Jarlshof is a complicated site which is thought to cover a period of sporadic habitation from 2500 BC to the 16th Century (the Laird's House visible as a ruin on the top of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish and Viking structures. The Bronze and Iron Age structures appear to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
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Braemar Castle is situated near the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a possession of the chief of Clan Farquharson and is leased to a local charitable foundation.
Kisimul Castle in Castlebay on the Scottish island of Barra in Outer Hebrides. Dates from the 15th century and it was the residence of the clan MacNeil who claim descent from the legendary Niall of the Nine Hostages. Wikipedia informs: "In 2001 the castle was leased by the 46th chief of clan MacNeil to Historic Scotland for 1000 years for the annual sum of £1 and a bottle of whisky." Photo taken on my travels of Scotland, converted to digital and manipulated for a vintage look.