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Jarlshof
Dog walk
25 May 2026
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0.8 miles
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- Description
- Now I thought that it was "Orkney for the archaeology and Shetland for the flora and fauna". And so it may turn out overall but Jarlshof was something super special on the "old stuff" front. I mean its not exactly promising that the name Jarlshof was made up by Walter Scott only a couple of centuries ago. But it does have just so much historical interest. So much lived in space from so many different time periods all built on top of each other but excavated such that there are examples from so many different eras. So you get neolithic round houses next to wheel houses next to bronze age, next to (a hint of) pict, next to viking next to medieval. And Historic Environment Scotland handle it all so well with a fair entrance price and really good, free audio guides for while you are walking around the site. Really blown away (almost literally - it was windy again). I wasn't expecting this. Oh, and yeah, the road to Sumburgh Head does cross the runway of Sumburgh Airport!
- Start
- 25 May 2026 at 12:44:37
- End
- 25 May 2026 at 13:48:28
- Participants
- Aidan and Liz
- Tags
- Jarlshof Orkney and Shetland Shetland