Project Details: Bangastaðir og Valadalur

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Fornleifarannsóknir á tóft á Bangastöðum og garðlagi í Valadal á Tjörnesi 2002 A research was undertaken in advance of construction work, namely the building of a new road in Tjörnes, NE-Icland. Prior to this archaeological survey had taken place and revealed two sites that the National Heritage Agency wanted excavated before the construction work started. The project was twofold: A small ruin was partly excavated and an earthwork, serving as a boundary marker between properties was trenched. The ruin was not previously known from written sources. It is clearly later than the 1477 tephra as it can be seen within the building turf and most likely it dates to the...