Old Scatness

Old Scatness
Aerial view of the archaeological dig
Old Scatness is located in Shetland
Old Scatness
Shown within Shetland
LocationMainland, Shetland
Coordinates59°52′44″N 1°18′19″W / 59.879°N 1.3054°W / 59.879; -1.3054
TypeBroch and settlement
History
PeriodsIron Age, Pictish, Viking

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.