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![Herdla, Askøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_272-1.jpg?itok=a3mGo7KI)
Herdla farm
Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the nation’s history since High Middle Ages. As Ask, Herdla was part of the country estate Harald Hårfagre took over as he took command of the west of Norway.
![Ramsøy with the remains of the old artillery positions.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_271-2_0.jpg?itok=k7MttMwI)
Ramsøy
“At thick of night a thundering knock on the door; the man in the house wakes up, jumps out and demands: Who cries? Yes, now you must out, the beacon shines on Høgenut. And in the same breath, every man knew that strife had hit the land.”
![Bjørn West-museum](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_321-2.jpg?itok=Re7gUt-t)
![Storsetehilleren/Matrehola](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_319-3.jpg?itok=VSiOpI2L)
Matrehola
On a large gravel terrace in Matredalen (the Matre valley), a couple of kilometres from the coastal settlement Matre, lies Storseterhilleren, at the end of a large stone block that came rushing down from the mountain. The Matre river runs just over 100 metres to the east of the cave.
![The iron bars found at Rambjørg.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_319-2.jpg?itok=Kl9g7nMT)
![Door](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_319-4.jpg?itok=-5nryjpy)
![The Ostra chests are easily recognisable with their characteristic style.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_327-1.jpg?itok=x-fr2TBj)
Mjøsvågen
Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises and workshops. This is where the farmers from Øvsthus, Mjøs, Hole and other farms have supplemented their meagre incomes as smiths, brass moulders, clog makers, chest builders and decorative painters.
![Lyse Monastery, reconstruction](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh-239_lysekloster.jpg?itok=bc_kHrFJ)
![Up to the 1870s Osøyra was a military training area.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_236-1.jpg?itok=dIxgmecK)
Osøyro
The coastal settlement of Os begins to take form in the middle of the 1800s. This is when craftsmen and traders begin to settle at the river delta.
![Ulevn Camp around 1915.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_237-2.jpg?itok=_5pK0Vd7)