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An Iron Age Broch and village, discovered when the main road was built in the 1970s. It was re-used in the Pictish, Viking, medieval and early modern eras.
Old Scatness is an archeological site on Scat Ness, near the village of Scatness, in the parish of Dunrossness in the south end of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, near Sumburgh Airport. It consists of medieval, Viking, Pictish, and Iron Age remains and has been a settlement for thousands of years, each new generation adding buildings, and levelling off old ones. Among the discoveries is an Iron Age broch, the Ness of Burgi fort.
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A site with over 4000 years of human habitation, with structures from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Viking and Medieval eras.
Restored corn mill, built in 1867.
The Head has a lighthouse and visitor centre open in summer, and Nature Reserve open all year. Take care near the east cliffs, which not for nothing are called "The Slithers".
Small museum in a traditional croft house, restored as for 1870.