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Submitted by kenntha88 on Saturday, 24 November 2007 Page Views: 3185

Multi-periodSite Name: Bjarkøya Centre, the chieftain's farm Alternative Name: Nergården
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.165 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Harstad
Latitude: 68.994216N Longitude: 16.525841E
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**Bjarkøya Centre, the chieftain's farm** submitted by kenntha88 : The field in the middle of the picture below the hill covered in forest is the site of the 12 house large ring-shaped settlement. (Vote or comment on this photo)

This site contains a settlement from the time of the great migration to later iron age and early middle ages. The island has a large number of ancient sites, I have divided them into two groups to make them easyer to separate.

The Island has a very important place in the nordic sagas, expecially in the Heimskringla, the saga of the kings. It tells us about The Island as a centre of power and also about several cheiftains from this place.

The central site, and the chieftain's farm consists of a village from the Time of the great migration. It is the same type of structures as on Vollmoen and Bø on Andøya. It was originally the remains of 12 houses in two semi-circles forming a complete ring with two openings in the ends and one "courtyard" in the middle. This site has sadly been plowed away and destroyed in the 60's.

It also has two other building structures from the iron age, remains of one large boat house (about 25 metres long), one barrow cemetary that consists of 5 larger mounds and several smaller cairns on a plateau under the mountain overlooking the Islands south-east side and one standing stone (about 1.30m tall, and a long and slender form). There were several more standing stones on this Island, but sadly they have been lost or removed in earlier times.

The Bjarkøya Island is as said before one of the most important political places in iron age history, and is well worth a visit.

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