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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Skallagrimshaugur Alternative Name: Skallagrim's Burial MoundCountry: Iceland Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Borgarnes
Latitude: 64.539460N Longitude: 21.92025W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The Viking settler Skalla-GrÃmur Kveldúlfsson (863-930s) is said to be buried here with his grandson Böðvar. Kveldúlfur, father of Skalla-GrÃmur, died during the crossing to Iceland. When he was buried at sea, the coffin drifted towards the bay of today's Borgarnes, whereupon Skalla-GrÃmur settled down. When he died of an unknown disease, he was buried in this burial mound with his horse, weapons and tools. A modern relief of Egil bringing his dead son Böðvar to his father's grave for burial is located next to the burial mound.
More information of Skalla-GrÃmur can be found in his Wikipedia article here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skalla-Skalla-GrÃmr
Skalla-GrÃmur is the father of the hero Egill SkallagrÃmsson from the Egil's saga. The whole saga can be read here (in Icelandic): sagadb.org/egils_saga.en
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