Högnastaðir in Flúðir


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Project Details

Title:Högnastaðir in Flúðir
Permalink:https://www.nabohome.org/cgi-bin/explore.pl?seq=115
Abstract:Ten trenches were dug in Högnastaðir, Flúðir, prior to construction plans.
Country:Iceland
Project Start Year:2006
Projected End Year:2006

Account Owner

Contact: Fornleifastofnun Íslands
Postal Address: Bárugata 3, 101 Reykjavík, ICELAND
Post Code: 101
Telephone: 00354-5511033
Website: http://www.instarch.is
Email: fsi@instarch.is

Project Content

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Fornleifakönnun í landi Högnastaða á Flúðum í Hrunamannahreppi [0.58 MB]
Trenches were dug in Högnastaðir, Flúðir, prior to construction plans. 10 trenches were machine-excavated out of which six revealed cultural layers. Three trenches revealed possibe structures, most likely outhouses of some sort, dated to the early 16th to the 20th centuries - the youngest structure still visible on the surface. One trench contained cultural layers down to a depth of 1,5 m, all later than tephra from 1389 AD.




Project Location

Latitude: 64.136558°N
Longitude: 20.318063°W