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| Visited 11.6.12 My first Shetland site! After catching the overnight ferry from Orkney we arrived early morning on Shetland. After staying on board for breakfast it was time to go exploring. Karen has been desperate to see puffins so we headed south to Sumburgh Head. If you want to see puffins – this is the place to go all right! (yes – they are cute!) After what seemed like a couple of hundred photos later it was time to head for Jarlshof. We didn’t realise that you had to take the side road towards the hotel and instead we incorrectly parked near the beach / toilet block. Karen stayed on the beach with the children while I walked around the headland and approached the H.S. site from the back. This involved jumping over a fence and walking over to the visitor centre to buy the guide book and use the portable audio device which was very good. Coming out of the visitor centre the first thing you see are the remains of various houses dating back to the Neolithic through to the Iron Age. It is a bit like Skara Brae – not so well preserved but you are free to wander around inside. For me the highlight of the site are the Wheel Houses. These are well preserved and give a good idea how they would have looked when lived in. There is not much left of the Broch due to coastal erosion. All in all, a complicated site which can be hard to understand. I would strongly recommend using the audio guide as this makes things a lot clearer. A guide book would also come in handy! Well worth a visit when on Shetland. |
Posted by CARL 20th July 2012ce |
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