Shetland boasts a wealth of prehistoric archaeological sites, with evidence of human settlement dating back thousands of years. Stone roundhouses known as brochs are some of the best preserved ...
The broch - a sophisticated type of stone-built round house found only in Scotland - has evidence of settlement spanning over ...
Brochs are mainly located in northern and western Scotland, Orkney and Shetland, with the best example at Mousa on Shetland. The first coins found in Britain were gold and minted in France.
Gobsmacking, I was nearly in tears. The history of Shetland is incredible. I’d never seen a pictish broch [an Iron-Age structure unique to Scotland] before - I’d read about them but never actu ...
Adult storm petrels on Mousa, Shetland, were fitted with GPS devices ... nest in the walls of a fortified Iron Age house called a broch. Mark Bolton/RSPB The birds will travel for miles to find ...