"A place to spend a golden afternoon, to search, like children, for a pretty stone"
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Why not take a trip to the now uninhabited island of Mousa and visit the 2,000 year old remains of an Iron Age broch which can boast to be the best preserved broch in the world. Mousa, a 15-minute boat trip from the mainland, has so much to offer: from the broch, we will explore the ruined remains of a 19th-century township and hear the stories of shipwrecks, tragic love stories and get the chance to spot some of the wildlife. Being an RSPB Nature Reserve, Mousa is among the top places to spot wildlife. And if seal spotting isn't your thing, how about taking the evening tour into the island to view the Storm Petrels returning to their breeding colonies? The broch and surrounding boulder beach is home to 11,000 of these tiny seabirds.
Mousa trips are weather dependant and guests are reminded to wear appropriate clothing and footwear for hiking. |
The Crofthouse Museum
(Open May - September) This is a traditional thatched cottage, styled in the way many homes would have been in Shetland during the 1870s. Step back in time and enjoy the smell of the peat fire and see how people used to live. |
Jarlshof
Walk through 5,000 years of human history at Europe's largest multi-period archaeological site. See how early people lived in Shetland during the neolithic period 5,000 years ago and journey through the ages and into a period of Scottish rule in Shetland which saw the tyrannical Stewart Earls making their mark on the islands! Along the way, visitors will get the opportunity to view a Bronze Age smithy, Early Iron Age houses, a 2,000 year old broch, the remains of four wheelhouses and an impressive Norse settlement and farmstead. I wrote a series of essays and did a virtual tour of Jarlshof which is available on my Patreon site. |
Sumburgh Head Nature Reserve & Visitor Centre
At the very southernmost tip of the islands, Sumburgh Head provides a host of treats for the visitor. Explore the history and natural heritage from its geological beginnings to Iron Age settlers, Lighthouse keepers, whales, puffins and much more. Experience the merging of the North Sea and the North Atlantic and observe the colonies of guillemots, fulmars, razorbills, kittiwakes, shags and puffins which take advantage of the rich tidal waters surrounding the head. |
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