UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of an Pictish 'wheelhouse' at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This wheelhouse appears to have been part of a very large and complex Broch and is part of a mixed archaeological 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 right of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings 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
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland. The lassy in the picture helps to show the scale.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland. The lassy in the photograph lends scale to the structure.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
Broch, Fortified House, prehistoric, stone, round, built for protection, beautifully preserved, visitor attraction, historical,
Description
Travelling up Gleann Beag from the coast after a couple of kilometres one comes upon the first Broch of Dun Telve. A broch is the prehistoric remains of a fortified house. The two in Gleann Beag are the best preserved Brochs on mainland Scotland.
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of an Iron Age house built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell *NB These images are attached to a story on the Iron Age part of the site
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of an Iron Age building built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Iron Age 'house' built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Iron Age structure built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is an unexcavated part of what appears 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 -- A quernstone and remains of shellfish from ancient meals at one of the best examples of an Iron Age 'house' built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Stone Age (Neolithic) house (foreground) at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is thought to be the oldest house in the British Isles and is part of 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 right of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish and Viking structures. The Bronze and Iron Age structures (visible in the upper left of this image) 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 an Iron Age 'house' built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day. This image shows the unexcavated part of the Bronze and Iron Age area of the site -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of an Iron Age house built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears to be a larger, more complex building (background) 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 an Stone Age (Neolithic) house (foreground) at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is thought to be the oldest house in the British Isles and is part of 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 right of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish and Viking structures. The Bronze and Iron Age structures (visible in the upper left of this image) 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 an Iron Age house built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Stone Age (Neolithic) house (foreground) at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is thought to be the oldest house in the British Isles and is part of 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 right of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish and Viking structures. The Bronze and Iron Age structures (visible in the upper left of this image) 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 *NB These images are attached to a story on the Iron Age part of the site
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of an Stone Age (Neolithic) house (foreground) at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is thought to be the oldest house in the British Isles and is part of 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 right of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish and Viking structures. The Bronze and Iron Age structures (visible in the upper left of this image) 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 an Iron Age building built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Iron Age structure built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day. Pictured here are discarded animal bones -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of an Iron Age structure built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Iron Age house built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Iron Age 'house' built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears to be a larger, more complex building which was likely used as a sort of pub of it's day. This is one part of the Bronze and Iron age area of the site which has not been thoroughly excavated -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- One of the best examples of an Iron Age 'house' built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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 an Stone Age (Neolithic) house (foreground) at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is thought to be the oldest house in the British Isles and is part of 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 right of this picture). The site also has Bronze and Iron Age buildings and also Pictish and Viking structures. The Bronze and Iron Age structures (visible in the upper left of this image) 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 *NB These images are attached to a story on the Iron Age part of the site
UK SCOTLAND Jarlshof -- 23 Aug 2011 -- A pair of querstones - used for making flour - at one of the best examples of an Iron Age house built upon a Bronze Age one at the Jarlshof site near Sumburgh Head in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This is part of what appears 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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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