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<< Text Pages >> Flókatóftir - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iceland

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Flókatóftir
Country: Iceland
NOTE: This site is 642.518 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ísafjörður  Nearest Village: Brjánslækur
Latitude: 65.528540N  Longitude: 23.19591W
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
0No data.
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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Ancient Village or Settlement in Iceland

The following text has been partially copied from: https://www.minjastofnun.is/gagnasafn-/ahugaverdir-stadir/flokatoftir/

Flókatóftir have long since been thought to be the site of the first winter-stay by Norse men in Iceland. Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson is said to have settled here for a whole winter in about the year 865. That‘s where Flókatóftir, Flóki‘s ruins, get their name. So fans of the more fictional series 'Vikings' should be very interested in this historical place.
In Landnámabók, Hrafna-Flóki and his men are said to have put all their focus on fishing, so much that they forgot to bring in fodder – hay – for their livestock. This oversight resulted in the death of all livestock in course of the winter.
In springtime Flóki climbed up a mountain in the vicinity. When he reached the top he saw, looking north, a bay filled with ice. He therefore named the country Iceland.
Flókatóftir consist of thirteen archaeological features, six of which are the original Flókatóftir surveyed in the 19th century.
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