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	Shetland Museum - Archaeology - Bronze Age - Jarlshof
		At Jarlshof the archaeologists were fortunate in being able to preserve parts of all of the main periods of occupation.
		Because of Jarlshof's position on the south mainland of Shetland (near good agricultural land, close to fertile seas and a gently sloping sandy beach), it was an obvious settlement point for the incoming Scandinavian settlers.
		Today Jarlshof is in the care of Historic Scotland and is open to the public during the summer months.
	www.shetland-museum.org.uk /collections/archaeology/jarlshof.htm (905 words)

	Jarlshof Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		It is almost as if, some 4500 years ago, someone set aside a piece of land and declared that its purpose was to provide future generations with examples of every important form of habitation used by the people of the day.
		Even those of us blessed with the attention span of a two year old, who habitually skip the audio visual intro at many modern museums, need to curb our enthusiasm to be "out there", and pay attention to the short intro given by the custodian.
		In one sense the story of Jarlshof is very similar to that of Skara Brae.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /shetland/jarlshof/index.html (871 words)

	Photos Jarlshof Ancient Settlement - Shetland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was my friend who said we have to go and see Jarlshof, I said it was just a pile of old stone, but she protested and I relented.
		The archaeological remains at Jarlshof were first discovered in the late 19th century after storm damage to the shore revealed a number of massive stone walls
		Jarlshof has shown that the Vikings not just as raiders and pillagers, but also as settlers, farmers and fishermen.
	www.y2u.co.uk /&002_Images/Jarlshof.htm (298 words)

	British Archaeology magazine, March 2003
		The archaeological remains at Jarlshof were first discovered in the late 19th century after storm damage to the shore revealed a number of massive stone walls.
		Indeed, Jarlshof is almost as celebrated for its prehistoric as for its later remains.
		Jarlshof was never more than a farm, although it grew more substantial as the years went by and the family increased in size.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /ba/ba69/feat3.shtml (1949 words)

	Jarlshof laird's house Palace at Dunrossness Toab Shetland South Mainland Scotland Scottish
		Jarlshof laird's house Palace at Dunrossness Toab Shetland South Mainland Scotland Scottish
		Jarlshof House was originally a medieval stone farmhouse, which came under the control of the Scottish lairds, in the mid 15th century.
		Rebuilt in the 16th century, the New Hall at Jarlshof was a fortified laird's house, which was modernized in the early 17th century, with a large first floor hall.
	www.castleuk.net /castle_lists_scotland/4/jarlshofhouse.htm (117 words)

	Jarlshof - Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia that anyone can edit.
		Jarlshof (Grid reference: HU 398095) is a multi-period settlement complex which was in use from the bronze age until the 19th century.
		The biggest part of Jarlshof is covered by a Viking settlement (N°.
		The ruins of the ancient settlement of Jarlshof were re-discovered after a violent storm in 1905 caused soil erosion, uncovering an ancient wall.
	shetlopedia.com /Jarlshof (1008 words)

	Jarlshof
		Jarlshof is the best known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland.
		Buildings on the site include remains of a Bronze Age smithy, an Iron Age broch and houses, Pictish houses, Viking longhouses and a mediaeval farmhouse.
		Also on the site is a seventeenth century manor house, which Walter Scott named Jarlshof in his novel The Pirate.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/j/ja/jarlshof.html (92 words)

	Havhingsten fra Glendalough: Jarlshof
		Jarlshof is a very complex site with remains from many periods all in one place.
		The settlements were was discovered in the late 19th century after a series of violent storms caused damage to the shore exposing a number of huge stone walls.
		For over 400 years, the Scandinavian settled at Jarlshof and during this time there were many ongoing changes and developments, but what remained was the basic design of the Viking longhouse.
	www.havhingsten.dk /index.php?id=728&L=1 (548 words)

	Title page for ETD etd-0605103-194013 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In order to set Viking Age Jarlshof into its overall historical context regarding Shetland, a geographic and historical summation of Shetland is given.
		In order to set Jarlshof broadly within the sphere of Viking movements, the history of, and the reasons for, Viking activity are recounted.
		The relevant details of Jarlshof are then presented, along with the findings of recent studies that have been conducted that specifically relate to Viking Age Jarlshof.
	etd.lsu.edu /docs/available/etd-0605103-194013 (230 words)

	Sven and Eric's History Site
		When archaeologists were excavating the Jarlshof site they found lots of evidence of what the people who lived there ate.
		The site at Jarlshof was actually in use a long time before the Vikings came.
		The ancient Broch tower at Jarlshof was abandoned in about 800AD, after several hundred years of occupation.
	www.akhet.co.uk /pengweb/jarlshof.htm (352 words)

	Jarlshof to Sumburgh Head and Grutness Circular \| WalkShetland.com
		Start at Jarlshof and take the gate into the field along the shore to the south of the Sumburgh Hotel garden.
		It is only a five minute walk from here back to the beginning of the walk at Jarlshof.
		Jarlshof To Sumburgh Head And Grutness: The view ahead is dominated by the cliffs of Sumburgh Head with its crowning lighthouse and rising sweep of grassland.
	www.walkshetland.com /jarlshof-to-sumburgh-head-and-grutness-circular.php (621 words)

	Photos Jarlshof Ancient Settlement - Shetland Islands
		It was my friend who said we have to go and see Jarlshof, I said it was just a pile of old stone, but she protested and I relented.
		The name Jarlshof comes from Sir Walter Scott, who visited the site and later used it in the opening scene of his novel, The Pirate.
		Jarlshof has shown that the Vikings not just as raiders and pillagers, but also as settlers, farmers and fishermen.
	y2u.co.uk /&002_Images/Jarlshof.htm (354 words)

	Sven and Eric's History Site (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When archaeologists were excavating the Jarlshof site they found lots of evidence of what the people who lived there ate.
		The site at Jarlshof was actually in use a long time before the Vikings came.
		The ancient Broch tower at Jarlshof was abandoned in about 800AD, after several hundred years of occupation.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /dizzydalek/pengweb/jarlshof.htm (352 words)

	Lindblad Expeditions: DER Detail
		Jarlshof has been occupied intensively for at least the last 5000 to 6000 years.
		The earliest houses date from the Bronze Age and are dated by pottery to earlier than 2500 B.C. The Bronze Age village contains a smithy and several houses.
		This remarkable walk through 6000 years of occupation at the site can be easily accomplished in an hour or two and we still had time to pet the Shetland ponies and visit the bird cliffs of Sumburgh Head before returning to the M/S Endeavour for lunch.
	itins.expeditions.com /dersearch/derdetail.asp?action=ERD&expedition_id=&ID=2139 (261 words)

	Main Page - Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia that anyone can edit.
		Eastern part of Jarlshof settlement complex (structures 1 in front, 7 to the right and 8 to the left; see above site plan) as seen in 2003
		Jarlshof is a multi-period settlement complex which was in use from the bronze age until the 19th century.
		Shetland's Heritage is by far more than our rich archaeology represented by such important monuments as Jarlshof and the Broch of Mousa.
	www.shetlopedia.com /Main_Page (577 words)

	ThothWeb - Shetland's past comes to life amid the ruins (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the later Iron Age a deep sand blow built up behind the wall of the broch courtyard and this was dug out to provide a footing for a passage house with side compartments.
		By the ninth century AD a Norse farmstead was built at the Jarlshof site and grew into a thriving community that lasted several centuries and left a maze of ruins from houses, byres and workshops.
		Sir Walter had no idea that these graves lay below the ruins he named; at the time the site remained a solitary building until the storms started to reveal the wealth of human history that lay beneath them, yet he was inspired to base part of his novel The Pirate here above their tombs.
	www.thothweb.com /article2837.html (1059 words)

	South Mainland, Scotland. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Towering over the whole complex is the laird's house, originally built by Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney and Lord of Shetland, in the late sixteenth century.
		Beside Jarlshof is the Scots Baronial Sumburgh Hotel, where the bar food is surprisingly good.
		The lighthouse, designed by Robert Stevenson, was built in 1821; although not open to the public its grounds offer great views to Noss in the north and Fair Isle to the south.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/scotland/south_mainland (532 words)

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		Many tourists come up here to watch the birds and the lighthouse, and they go to see Jarlshof, the ancient settlement just down the road.
		After all the spectacular sights at Hermaness and Noss this is a bit of a disappointment.
		Jarlshof, which was inhabited over several thousands of years and which has many layers.
	www.home.zonnet.nl /gr0ningen/lexsample/en/shetland06.html (1049 words)

	Jarlshof Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		That may seem an extravagant description in a country that has Maes Howe and, especially, Skara Brae.
		This bring to light another important difference between Skara Brae and Jarlshof.
		Because what was unearthed at Jarlshof, and what is on show today, is incredibly complex.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.com /shetland/jarlshof/index.html (903 words)

	SHIFC \| \| Highland Scotland Locations \| Scottish Highlands & Islands Film Commission
		Jarlshof is complex of ancient settlements dating back from around 2400 BCE and lasting into the 16th Century.
		It became the kitchen of an improved constuction in the early 1600's, but the whole building had fallen into ruin by the 17th century, when it was known as The Old House of Sumburgh.
		The house was named 'Jarlshof' in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Pirate';, but has since come to mean the entire site.
	www.scotfilm.org /webloc2g (160 words)

	Viking Longship on slate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The settlement at Jarlshof occupies a small promontory near the southern tip of mainland and was occupied for over 4,000 years.
		The Norse settled here from about AD 850 to the end of the 13th-century; the earliest Norse house was built in the 9th century.
		This drawing is by Alan Sorrell showing Jarlshof as it may have looked in about 1100 AD.
	www.fife-education.org.uk /socsub/SocialSubjects/Scottish_History/Royalty/DidYouKnow/longship.htm (363 words)

	FM256 Application Examples - Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A dual FM256 fluxgate gradiometer system operating in Quad Density mode was used to collect data with a sample interval of 0.125m and traverse interval of 0.25m.
		For example, a significant pair of 0.5m diameter anomalies, just to left of centre, are visible that correspond very clearly on both the gradiometer and resistance high resolution plots.
		Noise in the quietest area was measured as 0.09nT and based on this, statistical detection (right hand two plots) was used to identify significant positive and negative features, ie those features with a magnitude greater than 3 standard deviations (0.27 nT).
	www.geoscan-research.co.uk /page27.html (514 words)

	Jarlshof \| Shetland Hamefarin 2010
		Aside from being one of the most well-preserved archaeological sites in Scotland, Jarlshof is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive.
		Located in Shetland’s South Mainland, not far from Sumburgh Airport, Jarlshof is under the care of Historic Scotland and is open to the public during the summer months.
		The name Jarlshof was coined by Sir Walter Scott for his 1822 novel The Pirate.
	www.shetlandhamefarin.com /jarlshof.php (157 words)

	Machina Memorialis » Blog Archive » Archaeology, Vikings, and Literature (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As much as I love those two books and the history of the Orkney Islands, this post is, however, really about Walter Scott’s novel The Pirate, which is set in the Shetlands during the Eighteenth Century.
		Central to Scott’s novel are the children of Jarl (Earl) Magnus Troil, their home being the ruins Scott himself named Jarlshof.
		The people of Jarlshof threw garbage into dumps from before 2500 BC but, although their waste was unwanted, their refuse has been anything but rubbish for archaeologists investigating their lives.
	www.jpwalter.com /machina/?p=324 (499 words)

	KGQ Hotels
		It is certain that around 800 AD the Vikings came to Shetland.
		The earliest known Viking settlement is Jarlshof, excavated buildings at Underhoull and Sandwick, Unst are of a slightly later date.
		No early records of the Shetland Pony exist but the Bressay Stone, a relic of Pictish Times bears the sculpture of a horse with a rider, which historians regard as significant evidence that ponies roamed the hills and moors of Shetland long before the Norse invasion of the 8th-9th centuries.
	www.shetlandhotels.co.uk /todo.html (787 words)

	The Modern Antiquarian.com \| UK \| Jarlshof (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork)
		The site is a wonderful place to look around but alas a lot of the clues that could have been present during the initial excavation were lost due to the innocent naievity of the archaeologists all those years ago.
		Luckily a very similar site is at this moment being excavated not to far away at Old Scatness, this new site should help fill in the blanks about Jarlshof.
		Here's a bit of Jarlshof related trivia for you: apparently the misleadingly Norse name was made up by Walter Scott, who visited the site in 1814 and made it the setting for his novel 'The Pirate'.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/3140/jarlshof.html (236 words)

	Jarlshof Prehistoric Settlement, Shetland
		Jarlshof, situated opposite Sumburgh Airport, is probably the Shetland Islands' principal prehistoric site.
		Round houses from the Bronze Age and Iron Age lie alongside Viking longhouses.
		The name "Jarlshof" has no historic importance, but originates from the imagination of Sir Walter Scott who visited the island in 1816 and immortalized it in his book "The Pirate".
	www.planetware.com /shetland-islands/shetland-jarlshof-prehistoric-settlement-sco-shet-jarl.htm (163 words)

	Archaeology of Scotland : gazeteer: jarlshof
		As the photograph shows, Jarlshof survives as a mass of archaeological features charting a very long history of settlement at the site from the Bronze Age to the Early Historic period and beyond.
		A number of Norse buildings dating from the 9th century AD survive as a jumble of rectangular buildings.
		Jarlshof was likely a farming settlement that underwent a variety of changes over its long period of use.
	www.arcl.ed.ac.uk /aos1nu/glossaries/gazeteer/jarlshof.htm (124 words)

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