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Farmers and Settlements

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

From 4,500 to 5,000 years ago most of Hordaland was a landscape of forest, right out to the coast and the islands. With our inner eye we can see old o...

Årsand

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shal...

Tjernagel

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn ...

Borgåsen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Bjørn Myhre

In Etne there are no less than four defensive refuges. They are all situated in strategic positions, so that they have served as places of refuge and ...

Helgaberget

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Helgaberget – the holy hill – is a little rocky crag which thrusts itself a few metres above the terraced surface of Støle. The surface of the rock is...

Fitjar - the King's farm

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

In front of Fitjar Church there is a memorial stone, sculpted by Anne Grimdalen and erected in 1961, for the thousand-year memorial of one of the most...

Rimsvarden

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Rimsvarden lies high and unencumbered, an enormous stone mound on the highest top with a wide view of the Fitjar rural community. With its 30 meters a...

Hystad - burial mounds

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visib...

Vingen rock-carving site

Archaeology

Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Årstein Svihus

The Vingen site is today the second biggest rock-carving field in Norway with some 2000 figures. Nevertheless, it was a stroke of good luck that made ...

Hæreid - archaeology

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland

The biggest prehistoric burial site in Hordaland is situated at Hæreid. On top of the terrace expanse, inside the fine birch garden, is where they lie...

Grødalshaug

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

At the bottom of Vargavågen on Halhjem lies Grødalshaug, a 30 metres high rocky outcrop between the bay and a moist valley cleft. On the south side of...

Dale farm

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The Dale farm lies well situated on the gravel by the river, below the mountain Beitelen. But a few stone throws further north, on the wide expanse be...

Stamnes

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Ågot Gammersvik Øystein Jansen

Årstad

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Alrekstad (later Årstad) is the birthplace of Bergen. The estate was an estate for Harald Hårfagre and several of his descendants: Eirik Blodøks, Håko...

The hamlet of Stalheim

Archaeology

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 12.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

The hamlet of Stalheim consists of the farms Stalheim, Brekke, Sivle and Sivlesøy in the municipality of Voss. The hamlet can be looked upon as a gate...

Høybøen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Kjersti Randers Sigrid H.H. Kaland

In connection with the planned developments in the oil sector at Vindenes around 1980, excavations were carried out under the auspices of Bergen Histo...

Nordhuglo

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Hop - The royal mounds

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Tyssøy

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

B.E.Bendixen, who has written about “The Churches in Søndre Bergenhus Amt”, believed even around 1900 that there was evidence at Tyssøy of the church ...

Risøya

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Hjartøy

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Sigmund Alsaker

A FISHING VILLAGE FROM THE IRON AGE It was not black gold (oil), but the ocean's silver, that brought riches from the west of Hjartøy 1000 years ago....

Holmefjord

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Andreas Bergsvik

Even though we know of several hundred burial places from the Stone Age in Hordaland, we do not often hit on the Stone Age Man himself. But there are ...

Samnøya

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Eidsbøen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Where the school and the sports facility lie at Eidsbøen there was previously a bog surrounded by small hillocks. More than 1000 years ago this was a ...

Døso

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Gerd Bolstad

On the farms Døso and Skeie there has been a burial site with at least 6 burial mounds – probably a burial site for the most powerful men and women of...

Vargavågen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Gerd Bolstad Tor Lunde

Straumen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Matrehola

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Andreas Bergsvik

On a large gravel terrace in Matredalen (the Matre valley), a couple of kilometres from the coastal settlement Matre, lies Storseterhilleren, at the e...

Vangdal

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke

At Salthamaren in Vangdalsberget it is thought that salt was burned some time in history, and deep layers of coal in the ground show that fire has bee...

Gramshaug

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Lyngholmen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Vikse

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The Halsnøy Boat

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Arne Emil Christensen

Sydnes

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

COASTAL STONE CAIRNS AT HALSNØYA ...

Halne

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

At Halnefjorden, a few hundred metres east of Halne mountain lodge, lie the remains of two stone sheds – Halnelægeret. Some generations ago the cattle...

Skipshelleren

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland, Svein Indrelid

For vel 7000 år sidan var Straume ein av dei beste – om ikkje den beste – veideplassen i Hordaland. Steinalderfolket som busette seg ved Skipshelleren...

Håkonshella

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Varberg

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland

Vikingnes

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

STONE MOUNDS ALONG THE FJORD ...

Bakko

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Everyone knows the famous painting by Tidemand & Gude “Brudeferden i Hardanger” (The Wedding Party in Hardanger) one of the great icons in the Nationa...

Håhaugsteinen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Kinsarvik

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Kinsarvik has probably been a centre for the inner Hardanger districts back in prehistory. History tells us that in medieval times there was a marketi...

The forgotten saga

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The saga regarding the settlement of Hordaland started off about 10,000 years ago. Most of this saga has been recorded in writing, not on paper, but o...

Rambjørg

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

IRON BARS AT RAMBJØRG ...

Raknes

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

THE EMPEROR’S COIN AT RAKNES...

Høvik

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

NECK RINGS FROM HØVIK ...

Byrkjehaugen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was aro...

Olavskrossen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker

Sledasteinen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

“THE DANCERS” ON THE SLEDA STONE...

Mula

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker

MULA – A DESERTED FARM FROM THE MIDDLE AGES...

Gjøstein

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Seberg

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

HALLSTATT - LEKVE ...

Hallingskeid

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

THE MARKETPLACE AT HALLINGSKEID ...

Sponheim

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Trå

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland

A WOMAN’S GRAVE FROM VIKING TIMES In a woman’s grave on the farm Trå remains of a bronze ladle and runic inscriptions were found many years ago. Buri...

Ålvik

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

BRONZE FIND FROM ÅLVIK...

Rosseland

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Around 50 years ago a runic stone came to light in a barn wall at Rosseland. On one of the flat sides 25 runic signs had been carved. The letters are ...

The burial mounds at Ytre Moa

Archaeology

Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 24.01.2008

Author: Kari Larsen

In addition to six house sites, 20 burial mounds and a menhir (memorial stone) are located on the Moa terrace. Some of the burial mounds are found in ...

The village of Fresvik

Archaeology

Bygd / Village

Published: 12.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

The village of Fresvik is located on the southern side of the Sognefjord close to the entrance to the Aurlandsfjord. The village now belongs to the mu...

Selsøya

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid, Arne Tislavoll

Årbakka - The prehistoric site

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The prehistoric site at Årbakkasanden with menhirs and burial mounds has been visited, described and illustrated by many learned researchers through t...

Dalland

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Harald Dalland Arne Emil Christensen

Hamn

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

THE BOATSHED AT HAMN ...

Fosnstraumen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Anne Karin Hufthammar Knut Andreas Bergsvik

At the southern end of the bridge between Radøy and Fosnøy archaeologists found an unusual Stone Age settlement. There was a thick “cultural layer” he...

Fløksand

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

THE MEAT KNIFE FROM FLØKSAND...

Lurekalven

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Mons Kvamme

Lurekalven is an unpopulated island of heather moor which is a part of the wilderness belonging to the five farms on Ytre Lygra. Between the two islan...

Mangersnes

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Bård Kolflåth

SMALL BOATS IN THE IRON AGE At Mangersnes, in a bog just by the sea, there is a layer about one metre thick with wood that has traces of cutting, sh...

Seim

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland

Sæheim (Seim) at Lygrefjord is mentioned as one of the royal farms of Harald Hårfagre. Several of the first Norwegian national kings had their seat he...

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