Jarlshof, Sumburgh

Name: Jarlshof
Address: Sumburgh, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1950 460112

#1 among attractions in Sumburgh

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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". It contains remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century AD. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 59°52'9"N, 1°17'26"W

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Sumburgh United Kingdom

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+44 1950 460112

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Jarlshof – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sumburgh Head, Old Scatness, Ness of Burgi fort, Virkie.

1.2 miSE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head, Sumburgh
31 min walk • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland.
0.8 miNW
Historical place, Museum, Archaeological museum
Old Scatness, Sumburgh
22 min walk • 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.
1 miSW
Archaeological site
Ness of Burgi fort, Sumburgh
25 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.
1 miN
Neighbourhood
Virkie, Sumburgh
27 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".