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Shetland Islands

Shetland is an archipelago off the northeast coast of Scotland. The islands lie to the northeast of Orkney, 170 miles from the Faroe Islands, and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total area is approximately 566 square miles. Shetland has been populated since at least 3400 BC. The early people subsisted on cattle-farming and agriculture. During the Bronze Age, around 2000 BC, the climate cooled and the population moved to the coast. During the Iron Age, many stone fortresses were erected, some ruins of which remain today. Due to the practice, dating to at least the early Neolithic, of building in stone on the virtually tree-less islands, Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of all these periods.

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View From the Dock
View From the Dock
Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Shetland Pony
Shetland Pony
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Lerwick Sheep
Lerwick Sheep
Jarlshof Ruins
Jarlshof Ruins
Laird's House
Laird's House
Jarlshof Ruins
Jarlshof Ruins
Jarlshof Wheelhouse
Jarlshof Wheelhouse
Jarlshof Ruins
Jarlshof Ruins
4,000 Years of History
4,000 Years of History
Lerwick Road
Lerwick Road