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Our Archaeology experts here at the Shetland Amenity Trust have put together a quiz to test your knowledge of Shetland's incredible archaeology.  The quiz questions are based on our popular  'Off the Beaten Track' Archaeology blog  series, all available on our website.

You don't need to be an expert, there are only 10 questions and we will give you the answers at the end.  We hope you enjoy it.

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* 1. In what type of buildings did the Picts live?

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* 2. What is distinctive about a corbelled building?

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* 3. Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is built on top of an ancient site. What kind of ancient building do Archaeologists think it was built on?

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* 4. When the Ordnance Survey made their first maps in the 1870s, which members of the community did they ask for their information?

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* 5. Where do archaeologists think the Pictish powerbase in Shetland was?

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* 6. What appears and disappears from under the sand at the island end of the tombolo at St Ninian’s Isle?

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* 7. What is Ogham?

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* 8. Longhouses are usually aligned down the slope. What part of a longhouse was always at the lower end?

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* 9. When were Shetland's burnt mounds in use?

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* 10. Cairns were used in Neolithic times as burial chambers. How many complete bodies would fit in a heel shaped burial cairn?

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