Jarlshof, Mainland Shetland
As the photograph shows, Jarlshof survives as a mass of archaeological features charting a very long history of settlement at the site from the Bronze Age to the Early Historic period and beyond. Many of the surviving features date to the Iron Age. These include a broch partially destroyed by coastal erosion and a group of wheelhouses. At least three successive wheelhouses have been uncovered, thought to date from around 200 BC onwards. A number of Norse buildings dating from the 9th century AD survive as a jumble of rectangular buildings. Jarlshof was likely a farming settlement that underwent a variety of changes over its long period of use.
return to the map for the Late Neolithic or the Bronze, Iron or Dark Ages
