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Fornleifakönnun á Lóð "Vaktarabæjar" við Garðastræti 23 In relation to the renovation of Vaktarabær, an old house in central Reykjavík, it was considered necessary to machine-dig a trench too see if any archaeology was present. Features were discovered soon and the trench cleaned and recorded: a paved surface of some sort and a coal-rich layer. Finds date to the 19th-20th centuries.

Björgunaruppgröftur á lóð Vaktarabæjar við Garðastræti í Reykjavík. Eftir Excavation was required prior to the reconstruction of the house Vaktarabær, orginially built in the mid 19th century, close to the center of Reykjavík underbneath and around the house down to a depth of 0,8 m. Several structural elements were revealed, some of which are associated with the house but others most likley belong to an earlier turf-house which is visible on a Reykjavík map from 1836. A part of a midden from that time was excavated but had been truncated by later remains.