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Rannsókn á Sjö Fornleifum Sem Fara Undir Hálslón við Kárahnjúka In 2004 seven archaeolocigal sites, which will be sunken by Hálslón, a reservoir which stores water for use in hydroelectricity, were excavated or recorded. 1) The ruin of a sheperd´s rest hut was fully excavated. It was not dateble by tephra but all finds, mostly related to food and drink, date to the 19th century. 2) A cairn was excavated, erected either in the 13th-14th centuries or late 19th/early 20th centuries. 3) Possible walls some 600 m south of the cairn were trenched and proved to be natural features. 4-5) Two stone built foundations of a ropeway conveyor were...

Fornleifauppgröftur á Pálstóftum við Kárahnjúka 2005 In late 2005 ruins in the highlands east of Jökulsá in Brú were excavated - in an area which has now been sunken by Hálslón, a reservoir which stores water for use in hydroelectricity. It has been speculated whether the site could be Reykjasel shieling, mentioned in Hrafnkels saga. This can of course not be verified and now the ruins are often referred to as Pálstóftir, named after the man who discovered them. The results are very interesting. Two ruins were revealed, one is simple, thought to be an enclosure for animals, and the other has three rooms with hearths and floor layers....