Summary Record

Date 24 January 2012

Event ID 883049

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Summary Record

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The multi-period site of Jarlshof is one of the best known prehistoric and Norse settlements in Shetland. Excavation has revealed many phases of occupation; the site comprises late Neolithic houses, a Bronze Age village, an Iron Age broch and wheelhouse, a large Norse house, a medieval farm, and a 16th century laird’s house.

The site appears to have been in almost constant use for almost four thousand years; with later developments being built upon and around the older structures. Today, the most visible elements of the site are the Norse buildings and the laird’s house.

Information from RCAHMS (HDS) 24 January 2012

Graham-Campbell, J and Batey, C E 1998