Zenith of Iron Age Shetland, Mousa

Name: Zenith of Iron Age Shetland
Address: Mousa, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Mousa

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The Zenith of Iron Age Shetland is a combination of three sites in Shetland that have applied to be on the United Kingdom "Tentative List" of possible nominations for the UNESCO World Heritage Programme list of sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humankind. The application was made by the Shetland Amenity Trust in 2010, and in 2011 the site became one of 11 successful UK applications to join the Tentative List, three of them from Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 59°59'56"N, 1°10'30"W

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Mousa United Kingdom

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Zenith of Iron Age Shetland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: West Burra, Broch of Mousa, Hoswick Visitor Centre, Peerie Bard.

7.8 miNW
Island
West Burra
199 min walk • West Burra is one of the Scalloway Islands, a subgroup of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is connected by bridge to East Burra. With an area of 743 hectares, it is the eleventh-largest of the Shetland Islands.
~1880 ftSW
Island, Memorial
Broch of Mousa, Mousa
10 min walk • Broch of Mousa is a preserved Iron Age broch or round tower. It is on the island of Mousa in Shetland, Scotland. It is the tallest broch still standing and amongst the best-preserved prehistoric buildings in Europe.
2.8 miW
59°59'52"N • 1°15'20"W
Hoswick Visitor Centre, Forewick Holm
71 min walk • Visitor center, Museum
0.6 miE
Island
Peerie Bard
15 min walk • Perie Bard is one of the Shetland Islands. It is a small islet off the east coast of the island of Mousa. Although named 'Perie Bard' on OS Maps, the name used in Shetland is "Peerie Bard".
2.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Catpund, Forewick Holm
74 min walk • Catpund is a quarry site in Shetland, Scotland, where steatite vessels were cut from the rock from prehistory onwards. The quarrying marks are still visible today.
5.1 miSW
Memorial
Broch, Forewick Holm
130 min walk • Clumlie Broch is an Iron Age broch located on Mainland, Shetland, in Scotland.
5.6 miNW
Neighbourhood
South Mainland, Law Ting Holm
144 min walk • The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the southern peninsula of Mainland island. It lies south of Hellister. The greater southern part of the peninsula belongs to the civil parish of Dunrossness.