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Pictures of Shetland Summer 2000
I've mentioned a few times that I used to do archaeology and one of the places that I spent some time was in Shetland, June to August of 2000 and the same again in 2001.
Shetland for anybody who'd not familiar with where it in the UK it's the further north most island. Basically you go to the top of Scotland, cross to Orkney and then keep going until you are on the same latitude as Norway - then you reach Shetland.
St Clair Ferry in Aberdeen, June 2000, which took about 12 hours to get us to Lerwick in Shetland. That was the direct service. The one that went via Orkney took twenty hours. I went on that one the following year.
Cunningsburgh Village Hall, in southern Shetland. Home to 20 archaeology students from June until August of 2000. And if you're wondering how 20 people sleep in a village hall, the answer in divide into two groups (male and female) and place 10 to a room on mattresses on the floor. It wasn't as bad as it sounded as 17 of us went back the next year.
A tall ship in Lerwick harbour stopping of from the Tall Ships race.
Lodberry and Viking ship in Lerwick Lodberry appears to be the name for a type of house that has it's own little slipway for pulling up a fishing boat rather than having a garden.
clickhimmin broch on the road into Lerwick. A broch is an Iron Age (about 200BC to 200AD in Shetland) round tower made of dry stone walling and were up to 4 stories tall.
Sunset at the Sumbrugh Hotel. The main pub near the archaeological site at Old Scatness that we were working on.
Sumburgh Head, the southern most point of Shetland.
Sumburgh Airport, the small landing strip where commercial flights into Shetland land. The approach to the runway is so short as it comes in over the sea that there is a level crossing warning light for where the flight path crosses the road as by that point the planes are low enough that their landing wheels/gear had in the past clipped the top of vans etc. The building of the airports access road is how they found the site at Old Scatness - they hit the broch with a digger bucket.
Jarlshof, just down the coast from Old Scatness is another archaeological site spanning the Bronze age through to Medieval in occupation.
stanydale temple - prehistoric building in the middle of nowhere.
Where a group of friend and I spent a weekend off digging camping.
St Ninian's Isle from Bigton. The only way out to the island is at low tide when you cross the sand bar.
Scousborough Sands, near St Ninians Isle
The Scord of Brouster, a Bronze age site in Shetland.
The Broch in the island of Mousa. One of the best preserved brochs anywhere, it still stand to its full height, about 4 floors, and gives a good view back to mainland Shetland.
Scalloway castle.
One of the beaches on the island of Bressay which is just across a narrow channel from Lerwick, the main town in Shetland.
Finally it was time to leave Shetland, but on the way back to Aberdeen we past Fair Isle at sunset, a small island known mainly for it's bird life and its decorative knitting.
Shetland for anybody who'd not familiar with where it in the UK it's the further north most island. Basically you go to the top of Scotland, cross to Orkney and then keep going until you are on the same latitude as Norway - then you reach Shetland.
St Clair Ferry in Aberdeen, June 2000, which took about 12 hours to get us to Lerwick in Shetland. That was the direct service. The one that went via Orkney took twenty hours. I went on that one the following year. Cunningsburgh Village Hall, in southern Shetland. Home to 20 archaeology students from June until August of 2000. And if you're wondering how 20 people sleep in a village hall, the answer in divide into two groups (male and female) and place 10 to a room on mattresses on the floor. It wasn't as bad as it sounded as 17 of us went back the next year. A tall ship in Lerwick harbour stopping of from the Tall Ships race.Lodberry and Viking ship in Lerwick Lodberry appears to be the name for a type of house that has it's own little slipway for pulling up a fishing boat rather than having a garden.
clickhimmin broch on the road into Lerwick. A broch is an Iron Age (about 200BC to 200AD in Shetland) round tower made of dry stone walling and were up to 4 stories tall. Sunset at the Sumbrugh Hotel. The main pub near the archaeological site at Old Scatness that we were working on.
Sumburgh Head, the southern most point of Shetland. Sumburgh Airport, the small landing strip where commercial flights into Shetland land. The approach to the runway is so short as it comes in over the sea that there is a level crossing warning light for where the flight path crosses the road as by that point the planes are low enough that their landing wheels/gear had in the past clipped the top of vans etc. The building of the airports access road is how they found the site at Old Scatness - they hit the broch with a digger bucket. Jarlshof, just down the coast from Old Scatness is another archaeological site spanning the Bronze age through to Medieval in occupation. stanydale temple - prehistoric building in the middle of nowhere. Where a group of friend and I spent a weekend off digging camping. St Ninian's Isle from Bigton. The only way out to the island is at low tide when you cross the sand bar. Scousborough Sands, near St Ninians Isle The Scord of Brouster, a Bronze age site in Shetland. The Broch in the island of Mousa. One of the best preserved brochs anywhere, it still stand to its full height, about 4 floors, and gives a good view back to mainland Shetland. Scalloway castle. One of the beaches on the island of Bressay which is just across a narrow channel from Lerwick, the main town in Shetland. Finally it was time to leave Shetland, but on the way back to Aberdeen we past Fair Isle at sunset, a small island known mainly for it's bird life and its decorative knitting.