Project Details: Nes við Seltjörn

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Fornleifarannsóknir í Nesi við Seltjörn I - Skýrsla um uppgröt 1995 It was verified by trenching that a ruin, visible on the surface, is most likely the last church in Nes. However a licence to excavate the ruin itself could not be obtained. A graveyard wall and graves close to it were revealed, all most likely 18th century remains. It is interesting that the ruin is not in the center of the graveyard, possibly indicating a different location for previous churches.

Fornleifarannsóknir í Nesi við Seltjörn V. Skýrsla um formleifauppgrött í túni við Nesstofu The aim of the investigations in 1996 was to explore ruins in the homefield of Nes, including mysterious, leveled out round enclosures discovered from the air. Test pits were excavated in a few of those but no clear evidence was found for their function although it can be ruled out that they were dwellings or animal enclosures as no surface layers were evident. The enclosures are most likely built soon after the Landnám tephra was deposited in 871 +/-2. It is suggested that they could relate to cultivation of some sort. In addition two parallel walls, a possible house, were excavated but...