entity · site_bi_jarlshof
Jarlshof Bronze Age settlement
Bronze Age settlement phases at Jarlshof, Shetland.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
900 BCE–700 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Jarlshof prehistoric and Norse settlement — Historic Environment ScotlandRecords the multi-period Jarlshof settlement, including late prehistoric houses and metalworking evidence around the Bronze to Iron Age boundary.
Locator: Site summary, prehistoric phases, bibliography and location
Research description
Roundhouses and a smithy belong near the end of the Bronze Age and transition to the Iron Age. Legacy claims about an itinerant Irish smith are historiographic interpretations, not established migration evidence.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Jarlshof prehistoric and Norse settlement — Historic Environment ScotlandRecords the multi-period Jarlshof settlement, including late prehistoric houses and metalworking evidence around the Bronze to Iron Age boundary.
Locator: Site summary, prehistoric phases, bibliography and location
Referenced records
- Scottish Highlands and islands archaeological search region · entity
- Geography assertion for site_bi_jarlshof · geography assertion