Dettifoss


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Project Details

Title:Dettifoss
Permalink:https://www.nabohome.org/cgi-bin/explore.pl?seq=106
Abstract:In advance of road construction near Dettifoss, N-Iceland, some archaeological sites in Þingeyjarsýsla had to be investigated.
Country:Iceland
Project Start Year:2008
Projected End Year:2009

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 á framkvæmdasvæði fyrirhugaðs Dettifossvegar: Tóveggjarstekkur, Hræreksstaðir og Maríugerði [5.15 MB]
26 evaluation trenches were excavated in three alleged farm sites in N-Þingeyjarsýsla in advance of road construction planning. The sites are: Hræreksstekkur, Tóveggjarstekkur and Maríugerði. A few trenches revealed no occupational layers but many were dug through boundaries predating tephra from 1477 or even 1300. An oblong structure in Maríugerði requires further excavation.




Project Location

Latitude: 65.815°N
Longitude: 16.391°W