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Old Scatness

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<b>Old Scatness</b>Posted by notjamesbondImage © notjamesbond
Also known as:
  • Old Scatness Broch

Nearest Town:Lerwick (32km N)
OS Ref (GB):   HU390106 / Sheet: 4
Latitude:59° 52' 44.39" N
Longitude:   1° 18' 11.74" W

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Trowels out for last season at Old Scatness


The trowels have been unsheathed for Britain's biggest archaeological excavation as work restarts at the Scatness broch, in Shetland, today (Wednesday)... continues...
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notjamesbond Posted by notjamesbond
4th July 2003ce
Edited 15th January 2004ce

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There is an entrance fee for the site which gets you a guided tour by very knowledgeable folk in 'period' costume. There's also someone demonstrating Viking era crafts. There are toilets and a small visitor centre/gift shop.
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Posted by Ubik
14th July 2011ce

The Shetland Amenity Trust and the University of Bradford have for the past 8 years been excavating a site in the south of shetland known as old Scatness.

The site slap bang next to sumburgh Airport and only a couple of miles from Jarlshof is a truely marvellous find.

The focal point of the site is the disovery of a 4m high Broch which is surrounded by the remains of an Iron Age village. Carbon dating points to the broch as having been built around 400BC. Later the site was used by the Picts and the Vikings.

Further evidence suggest that the site was in use during the bronze age with pottery discovered at the site thought to have been from then.
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notjamesbond Posted by notjamesbond
2nd June 2003ce

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Old Scatness Broch & Jarlshof Environs Project web site


The site contains information on the archaeological excavation being carried out by the University of Bradford in collaboration with the Shetland Amenity Trust on a site in the south of the mainland. Currently it is up to date to the end of the 1998 season.
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fitzcoraldo Posted by fitzcoraldo
2nd December 2005ce

Shetland Amenity Trust Old Scatness report


An interesting site which informs on the development of the dig at Old Scatness.
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notjamesbond Posted by notjamesbond
29th April 2003ce
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