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Multi-periodSite Name: Hofskirkja's carved stonesCountry: Iceland
NOTE: This site is 64.292 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Village: Hof
Latitude: 63.907002N Longitude: 16.706907W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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I was visiting the absolutely gorgeous little church in Hof (one of the last 6 turf churches in Iceland) and I came across some peculiar carved stones just outside.
One, south of the church, is described as a water tub used by the famed local blacksmith to cool hot iron. It is quite deep.
The other rock is just outside the gate and it has two much shallower basins carved on the top. The overspill of water from one of the basins escapes through a small lateral channel. The overspill from the other leaks out through a small hole carved higher up in the stone. There is no indication about their use. A plaque underneath reads: "MUNDLAUG Heimild máldagi 1343", and the closer I got to a translation is, for the first word, "Mouth basin"; a kind receptionist told me later on that it's just a Name rather than a word with clear meaning.
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