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Hystadmarka, Stord

Hystad- burial mounds

22.01.2019 - 11:54

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.

Nils Hertzber’s watercolour from 1829 gives us an impression of the burial site with the menhirs at Årbakkesanden.

Årbakka- The prehistoric site

19.06.2018 - 17:47

The prehistoric site at Årbakkasanden with menhirs and burial mounds has been visited, described and illustrated by many learned researchers through the last 350 years. All the same, we still know very little of this unique cultural monument.

Kyrkjegard, Leirvåg

Leirvåg

06.05.2019 - 10:23

Bautastein, Straumen gard (Svein Nord)

Straumen

06.05.2019 - 10:37