Unst is the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland (the only piece of land further north is Muckle Flugga, with its now automated lighthouse). Shetland has a significant Viking history and at Brookpoint there is a full sized reproduction Viking ship. It is a copy of the ship found at Gokstad in Norway, in a Viking burial mound excavated in 1880. Like the original, the reproduction ship (named Skidbladner) is built of oak in the clinker style. It was sailed from Norway to Unst. Alongside the ship is a replica Viking longhouse.
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