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was little more than a series of relatively brief interludes of partial military occupation "within a longer continuum of indigenous development" and there is no evidence of any direct contact between Shetland and Roman forces. But for Orkney there are some significant archeological evidences: according to scholars like Montesanti, "Orkney might have been one of those areas that suggest direct administration by Imperial Roman procurators, at least for a very short span of time".
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in AD 98. Watson (1926) states that Tacitus was referring to Shetland, although Breeze (2002) and D. Ellis Evans (1975) are more skeptical (because they think that Tacitus included Shetland in the "Orcades islands", as the northernmost area of the Orkney archipelago). The Roman presence in Scotland
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Treasure was discovered in 1958 by a local schoolboy, Douglas Coutts. Coutts was helping visiting archaeologists led by A. C. O'Dell of Aberdeen University at a dig on the island. The silver bowls, jewellery and other pieces are believed to date from approximately AD 800. O'Dell stated that "The
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Hanson (2003) pp. 195, 198, 216. The military presence of Rome lasted for little more than 40 years for most of Scotland and only as much as 80 years in total anywhere. At no time was even half of Scotland's land mass under Roman control (if we do not consider Agricola's conquest
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in the sixth century AD: "As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have been Pictish in culture and speech at this time, are likely to have regarded Bridei as a fairly distant presence."
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when he visited Britain sometime between 322 and 285 BC, but it is unlikely he meant Shetland as he believed it was six days sail north of Britain and one day from the frozen sea (a description that seems to refer, more or less, to
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is a remarkable dividing wall that ran for 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) across the island of Fetlar. The level of organisation involved suggest a relatively high population for Shetland in the Neolithic, perhaps as much as 10,000.
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treasure is the best survival of Scottish silver metalwork from the period" and that "the brooches show a variety of typical Pictish forms, with both animal-head and lobed geometrical forms of terminal".
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site at West Voe on the south coast of Mainland, dated to 4320-4030 BC, has provided the first evidence of Mesolithic human activity in Shetland. The same site provides dates for early
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is a large Neolithic ruin containing an oval chamber. Around it are the remains of houses, walls and cairns of the same period. There are numerous Neolithic era
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in Walls have been dated to 3400 BC. This site includes a cluster of six or seven walled fields and three stone circular houses that contains the earliest
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in reparation for the death of his son in battle in Scotland. Some scholars believe that this story is apocryphal and based on the later voyages of
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Observations of Social Change in Prehistoric Orkney and Shetland based on a Study of the Types and Context of Coarse Stone Artefacts
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archipelago of Scotland, when it was first occupied by humans. The period prior to human settlement in Shetland is known as the
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is the finest preserved example in Scotland of these round towers. In addition to Mousa there are significant broch ruins at
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Hanson, William S. "The Roman Presence: Brief Interludes" in Edwards, Kevin J. & Ralston, Ian B.M. (Eds) (2003)
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in the late 8th and 9th centuries; the fate of the previous indigenous population is uncertain. According to the
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in Scotland, around AD 600. More than 5,000 archaeological sites have been recorded in the Shetland Islands.
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St. Ninian's Isle Treasure. A Silver Hoard Discovered on St. Ninian's Isle, Zetland on 4th July, 1958
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indicate that there was Neolithic activity there although the main settlement dates from the
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expeditions against Norway and the coasts of mainland Scotland. In response, Norwegian king
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Melton, Nigel D. "West Voe: A Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition Site in Shetland" in Noble
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Breeze, David J. "The ancient geography of Scotland" in Smith and Banks (2002) pp. 11-13
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Kirk, William "Prehistoric Scotland: The Regional Dimension" in Clapperton (1983) p. 106
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Scotland After the Ice Age: Environment, Archaeology and History, 8000 BC - AD 1000
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reported that the Roman fleet had seen "Thule" on a voyage that included
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unique to Shetland, with a particularly large example on the island of
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Noble, Gordon; Poller, Tessa & Verrill, Lucy (2008)
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St. Kilda and the Wider World: Tales of an Iconic Island
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respectively, both of which are assumed to be Shetland.
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In the Shadow of the Brochs, the Iron Age in Scotland
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Orcades/Orkney: the 6th roman province in Britannia
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Index


wheelhouse
broch
Jarlshof
prehistoric period
Shetland
geology of Scotland
the Early Medieval Period
midden
Neolithic
Scord of Brouster
hoe
felsite
Northmavine

Staneydale Temple
Heel-shaped cairns
chambered cairn
Vementry
Staneydale Temple
Bixter
standing stones
Whalsay
Unst
Hjaltadans
Fetlar
stone circles
Funzie Girt

Broch of Mousa

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