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<< Text Pages >> Helgafell - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Iceland

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 29 August 2016  Page Views: 1497

Natural PlacesSite Name: Helgafell
Country: Iceland
NOTE: This site is 58.166 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Reykjavik  Nearest Village: Stykkisholmur
Latitude: 65.042778N  Longitude: 22.727778W
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.
5 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
0No data.
3 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
4

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Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Iceland

Helgafell means "holy hill" it is an early hill sanctuary of the vikings. The first settler in this area Þórólfur Mostraskegg in the 9th century CE reported about this hill.
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Stykkisholmur, Iceland - June 30, 2023: Residential homes and houses in the small fishing village of Stykkisholmur, Iceland in cloudy summer day
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