The Norse settlement of Shetland and Faroe, c.800-c.1500: a comparative study

• Main Author: Macgregor, Lindsay
• Other Authors: Crawford, Barbara
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of St Andrews 2012
• Subjects: DA880.S5M2; Shetland (Scotland) > History; Faroe (Scotland) > History; Highlands (Scotland) > History; Fugloy; Norway; Sandness; Sandoy; Streymoy; Suduroy; Fugloy*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2728

This thesis provides detailed studies of settlement on four Faroese islands and in four districts of Shetland in order to isolate and explain differences and similarities between the two island groups. These studies examine topography, place-names, relationships with previous settlements, church dis...