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View from Laird's house to Norse longhouses, Jarlshof
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Shetland - Jarlshof
View from the top of the Laird's house, looking north over the buildings associated with the Laird's house towards the medieval Norse longhouses.
11 July 2013
Norse longhouse, Jarlshof
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Shetland - Jarlshof
Norse longhouse of rectangular construction, believed to date from the 9th to the 14th centuries, Jarlshof, Shetland
11 July 2013
Norse longhouse, Jarlshof
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Shetland - Jarlshof
Norse longhouse of rectangular construction, believed to date from the 9th to the 14th centuries, Jarlshof, Shetland
11 July 2013
Brough of Deerness, Orkney mainland
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Orkney - Deerness and Tankerness
Brough of Deerness, Orkney mainland panorama created from 3 original photos. The top of the Brough is an easily defended site with the remains of an ancient settlement, including a chapel and a Norse or Viking settlement dating from between the 10th and the 12th centuries.
07 July 2019
Brough of Birsay, Orkney
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Orkney - Birsay
Brough of Birsay, Orkney, showing a corner of the monastery, part of the medieval settlement, and looking towards mainland Orkney through a summer storm.
15 May 2013
Remains of Norse settlement, Brough of Birsay
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Orkney - Birsay
Remains of Pictish and Norse settlement, Brough of Birsay, Orkney, looking across the causeway towards the Orkney mainland.
The Pictish settlement, of which only traces remain, dates from the 7th century. The remains today consist of a 9th century Viking-age settlement and a 12th century monastery.
15 May 2013
The Dim Riv replica Norse longship
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Shetland - Lerwick
The Dim Riv (meaning day break), a replica Norse longship in Lerwick harbour, launched in 1980, and run by volunteers and available for boat trips.
