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Project Details: Ráeyri in Siglufjörður


Project Description

Title: Ráeyri in Siglufjörður
Description A ruin endangered by road construction in Siglufjörður was fully excavated.
Country Iceland
Project Start Year 2006
Project End Year 2006

Project Contact

Contact: Fornleifastofnun Íslands
Address Bárugata 3, 101 Reykjavík, ICELAND
Postcode 101
Telephone 00354-5511033
Website http://www.instarch.is
Email fsi@instarch.is

Project Content

Fornleifauppgröftur í landi Ráeyrar í Skútudal
A ruin endangered by road construction in Siglufjörður was fully excavated. The investigation revealed a structure, most likely an enclosure, divided in two. It is interpreted as "stekkur", a sheepfold used in the springtime to seperate the lambs from the ewes. No dating was established but it is pointed out that the ruin is in the land of Ráeyri, a farm demolished by a landslide in 1830. Additionally a trench was excavated through the wall of another ruin, also considered in danger. No dating was established and the ruin is possibly a haystorage.


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