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![Geithidleren, Årsand, Kvinnherad](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_200-1.jpg?itok=oTokwPdx)
Årsand
Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shallow flagstone – Geithilderen. Parts of the rock wall are covered by a light lime crust and on the crust figures have been painted in golden and rusty red colours.
![Rimsvarden](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_216-1.jpg?itok=F-9zD0Vs)
Rimsvarden
Rimsvarden lies high and unencumbered, an enormous stone mound on the highest top with a wide view of the Fitjar rural community. With its 30 meters across and almost 4 meters high, this is one of the largest prehistoric burial relics existing in Hordaland.
![Hystadmarka, Stord](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_212-1_gravhaug212.jpg?itok=WN_nSl1Q)
Hystad- burial mounds
The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visible here; finds that span from the Bronze Age to the Viking Age in time.
![Tjernagelshaugen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh-173-1.jpg?itok=MnCkbLQ1)
Tjernagel
For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn in his account of Knut the Mighty, who in the year of 1028 sailed from Denmark to Nidaros: “And in front of the old cairn at Tjernagel sailed soldiers sharp with peace”.
![The gold ring from Vikse.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_176-3.jpg?itok=xoq393Bj)
![The Gramshaug rock paintings.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh175.jpg?itok=hgFlf3um)