Norse (or Viking) heritage in Shetland is a source of cultural pride and uniqueness. While the entirety of the British Isles and a large part of Northern Europe saw repeated Norse invasions and settlements, the Scottish archipelagos of Shetland and Orkney had a particularly long period of Norse habitation, starting in the 8th-century and being part of the Kingdom of Norway until the 15th-century. The abundance of longhouse remains in Shetland (around 60 explored so far, most of them in Unst) represent the largest concentration of rural Norse ruins in…
