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<< Text Pages >> Hildishaugur - Cairn in Iceland

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Hildishaugur Alternative Name: Hildir's Burial Mound
Country: Iceland Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Vík í Mýrdal  Nearest Village: Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Latitude: 63.797030N  Longitude: 18.04904W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Cairn in Iceland

According to the local legend, the settler Hildir Eysteinsson is buried here.
The first residents of Kirkjubæjarklaustur were Christian hermits from Ireland. It was strictly forbidden for pagans to live there. In the 9th century, Ketill the Foolish made his home here. When the pagan settler Hildir Eysteinsson from Meðalland later tried to enter the estate of Ketill, he fell down dead and was buried in the burial mound.
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