Old Scatness, Sumburgh

Name: Old Scatness
Address: Sumburgh, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Sumburgh

Top attraction, Historical place, Museum, Archaeological museum

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Old Scatness is an archeological site on the Ness of Burgi, near the village of Scatness, parish of Dunrossness in the south end of Mainland, Shetland, near Sumburgh Airport and consists of medieval, Viking, Pictish, and Iron Age remains. It has been a settlement for thousands of years, each new generation adding buildings, and leveling off old ones. Among the discoveries is an Iron Age broch, the Ness of Burgi fort. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 59°52'44"N, 1°18'20"W

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Old Scatness – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jarlshof, Sumburgh Head, Ness of Burgi fort, Horse Holm.

0.8 miSE
Ruins, Historical place, Museum
Jarlshof, Sumburgh
22 min walk • 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".
2 miSE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head, Sumburgh
52 min walk • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland.
1.4 miS
Archaeological site
Ness of Burgi fort, Sumburgh
36 min walk • The Ness of Burgi fort is an iron-age promontory fort in the Old Scatness archaeological site on the Ness of Burgi, a narrow finger of land reaching south from the Scat Ness in the far south of the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland.
2 miS
Island
Horse Holm
52 min walk • Horse Island or Horse Holm and known locally as Da Holm, is one of the Shetland Islands. It lies about 2.3 km west of Sumburgh Head at the south tip of the Mainland, Shetland.
4.7 miN
Memorial
Broch, Forewick Holm
121 min walk • Clumlie Broch is an Iron Age broch located on Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland.
1 miSW
Island
Lady's Holm
25 min walk • Lady's Holm is an island off southern Mainland in the Shetland Islands. It is not to be confused with the Maiden Stack, which is also known as "Frau...
5.3 miN
Island
Colsay
136 min walk • Colsay is an uninhabited island off the South West coast of Mainland, Shetland. Fora Ness lies to the south, across the Muckle Sound. The highest elevation is 44 metres, and there is an ancient cairn on the summit. It is in Dunrossness parish, 8 miles NNW of Sumburgh Head.
~1870 ftNE
Neighbourhood
Virkie, Sumburgh
10 min walk • Virkie is the most southerly district of Shetland, other than Fair Isle and is best defined as the area south of the Ward Hill in Dunrossness, also locally referred to as "below da hill", or "da laich Ness".

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Which popular attractions are close to Old Scatness?

Nearby attractions include Virkie, Sumburgh (10 min walk), Jarlshof, Sumburgh (22 min walk).