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Old Scatness Visitor Centre, Shetland, Scottish Building, Project, News,
Design
Old Scatness, Shetland : Visitor Centre Scotland
Key Development in Scotland, Europe
Old Scatness Iron
Age archeological site
Location: South Mainland, nr Sumburgh Airport
Site unearthed: late 70's
Excavation start: 1995
Old Scatness Excavation : Bradford University students
Remains of an Iron Age tower or Broch + Britains best-preserved
Iron Age village
Proposed world-class" visitor centre
Due to be built in 2012
Dome-shaped grass-roofed timber-framed building clad using walls made
of stone from the site
Design approved by Shetland Amenity Trust trustees
Following excavation at Old Scatness it is now thought brochs were
built much earlier than previously believed and that people lived
in the Scatness settlement for around 4,000 years.
The dome was the favoured option for the Old Scatness broch site among
three investigated for Shetland Amenity Trust by Edinburgh-based experts
led by specialist architects Groves-Raines.
The architectural inspiration for the dome comes from the Newgrange
passage tomb in County Meath, Ireland, the Cliffs of Moher visitor
centre in County Clare, Ireland, and the Ladbyskibet Viking ship burial
site in Denmark.
Old Scatness Heritage Project
Shetland Amenity Trust
22-24 North Road
Lerwick, ZE1 0NQ, UK
UNESCO world heritage site : Skara
Brae, Orkney
Another Shetland Amenity Trust Building Proposal:
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse Buildings Restoration
2007-11
Facilities incl. visitor centre, self-catering accommodation &
offices
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Comments / photos
for the Old Scatness Visitor Centre Scotland Architecture page welcome:
info@e-architect.co.uk
Old Scatness Visitor Centre Building : page
- adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
Website: www.shetland-heritage.co.uk/amenitytrust/archaeology/scatness |
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