Reykir in Ólafsfjörður
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Project Details |
| Title: | Reykir in Ólafsfjörður |
| Permalink: | https://www.nabohome.org/cgi-bin/explore.pl?seq=76 |
| Abstract: | An archeological investigation was conducted in Reykir in Ólafsfjörður in advance of construction plans. Three ruins were fully excavated, a trench excavated through a boundary wall and one cairn investigated. |
| Country: | Iceland |
| Project Start Year: | 2004 |
| Projected End Year: | 2004 |
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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Vegabætur á Vegi Frá Reykjum í Ólafsfirði Upp á Lágheiði -
Fornleifarannsóknir á Reykjum í Ólafsfirði og á Lágheiði [2.82 MB]
Archeological investigation was conducted in Reykir in Ólafsfjörður in advance of construction plans. Three ruins were fully excavated, a trench excavated through a boundary wall and one cairn investigated. The boundary, which encloses a large area, most likely predates tephra layers from both 1766 and 1300 although it could not be verified completely. Ruin 1 is built up against the boundary and clearly postdates it. It is divided in two. It predates tephra from the 18th century but is clearly younger than the 1300 tephra. The function is not clear but most liklely relates to agricultural activities. Another small ruin was fully excavated and contained very thin cultural layers. Turf in the walls contained tephra from 1300 so the ruin clearly postdates that. The third ruin excavated was located in a wet area, also dated by 1300 tephra in the wall turf and interpreted as a possible enclosure of some sort.
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Project Location
Latitude: 65.96802°N
Longitude: 18.812985°W
