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Drawing of runic letters engraved in a carving knife from Fløksand.

Fløksand

19.05.2018 - 20:02

“Prospectus of Frekhaug”. J.F.L.Dreier, 1812

Frekhaug

17.06.2018 - 16:38

Frekhaug has been a large farm with well-off owners through many generations. The main house, a two storey building with a hipped roof, must have been erected about 1780.

Einstapevoll

Einstapevoll- the farm

19.06.2018 - 17:10

Einstapevoll (from einstape: “bregne” (fern)) lies on the west side of the Tittelsnes peninsula. Up to 1831 the farm was a vicarage belonging to Stord parish. The priests had leasing rights. Land rent and other fees from the farm was part of their salaries.

Lyngholmen

13.03.2018 - 21:20

Tjernagelshaugen

Tjernagel

19.06.2018 - 17:14

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.

Vikse

13.03.2018 - 21:21

Kyrkjegard, Leirvåg

Leirvåg

06.05.2019 - 10:23

The Gramshaug rock paintings.

Gramshaug

29.05.2019 - 16:43