2024

HVAMMUR CHURCH AND FARM

Religious buildings
A farmhouse steeped in history located not far from trail 590 in ... Read more
2024

HÖSKULDSSTAÐIR FARM

Places associated with famous people to visit

This area (now located near Highway 59) belonged to Höskuldur Dalakollsson and his wife Jórunn, whose progeny appears prominently in many sagas. Their daughter is only Hallgerður to the Long Legs, wife of Gunnar de Hlídarendi in the Saga of Njáll le Brûlé. The Saga of the Val-au-Salmon staged Bolli Þorleiksson, the son of Þorleikur, the legitimate son of Höskuldur. But Höskuldur also has an illegitimate son, Ólafur le Paon, with an Irish slave who, herself, is the illegitimate daughter of an Irish king…

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2024

LAUGAR

Site of archaeology crafts and science and technology
The starting point for trails that allow 35-minute to 3-hour hikes north of ... Read more