Shetland used to belong to Norway many years ago and it was gifted to Scotland as a dowry by King Christian I. Even to this day, Shetland still has many links to Scandinavia and the Vikings. Even some of our place names come from Viking times! Did you know that Lerwick means muddy bay? And in Unst, there have been approximately 60 Viking longhouses discovered along with different artefacts from Viking times. It’s incredible!
We made Viking longships as part of a technology task and we wrote Viking poems using adjectives and alliteration. Here’s an example:
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