Project Details: Reykir in Ólafsfjörður

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Vegabætur á Vegi Frá Reykjum í Ólafsfirði Upp á Lágheiði - Fornleifarannsóknir á Reykjum í Ólafsfirði og á Lágheiði Archeological investigation was conducted in Reykir in Ólafsfjörður in advance of construction plans. Three ruins were fully excavated, a trench excavated through a boundary wall and one cairn investigated. The boundary, which encloses a large area, most likely predates tephra layers from both 1766 and 1300 although it could not be verified completely. Ruin 1 is built up against the boundary and clearly postdates it. It is divided in two. It predates tephra from the 18th century but is clearly younger than the 1300 tephra. The function is not clear but most liklely relates to...