IT IS a show of male-only might as 1,000 men parade through the streets of Lerwick, torches burning and voices roaring, in a celebration of Shetland's Viking he...
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![Dr Adrian Maldonado, Glenmorangie Research Fellow at National Museums Scotland, with the Hunterston Brooch, one of the museum's most prized medieval objects which features on the cover of a new book, Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. The brooch was made around 700AD, using extremely sophisticated Irish-Scottish metalworking techniques. Some 200 years later, a Viking runic inscription was added of the Gaelic name Melbrigda. [image credit: Neil Hanna]"](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjBiY2JmZDI3LTc1NjctNDRhNC1hZWQ2LTEwMTQ4NDI5MTRhYzpmZjA3NTM4ZS1mZjI1LTRmODctODIzYi1iM2ZmZmEwNTI4N2E=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&quality=70&width=280)
