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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.
![The royal mound at Hop, Askøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_270-2.jpg?itok=09oK1K5S)
![The noble estate at Hop; Thomas Erichsens Minde.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_270-xx.jpg?itok=mnSkZzO9)
Hop- Thomas Erichsens Minde
From the 1500s Hop was noble estate for the law speaker in Bergen and Gulen judicial districts. Several of the law speakers were of noble descent, such as Hans Hansen Lillienskiold and Niels Knagenhielm. The beautiful main building, still standing, was erected by the Bergen merchant Thomas Erichsen in 1793-95. He also established a magnificent garden with an 800 metres long linden avenue reaching down to the stone boathouse at Hop harbour.
![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.”
![«Parti af Stømsnæs ved Bergen».](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/askoy_6_0.jpg?itok=KmaRpfwP)
![Candada goose](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bo_11.jpg?itok=3G-FZD2y)
![The lobster park in Espevær](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bomlo_39.jpg?itok=QWK2IaA7)
![The rectory at Finnes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_203_finnas_1_150.jpg?itok=MjLf1y2s)
![Etne and the Etne delta around 1900.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/etne_2.jpg?itok=bfLAQc7X)
Etnedeltaet
During the latter half of the 1900s the big natural river deltas on Westland disappeared. Until the 1980s there was still a small, but significant remnant of the original river delta from the Etneelva river, but today most of this, too, is industrial land.