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![Rosendal Barony, Kvinnherad](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_196-1s.jpg?itok=ox8jA2u-)
Rosendal Barony
The Barony of Rosendal lies in the grounds of the old noble estate of Hatteberg, on the north side of the Hatteberg river, around one kilometre up from the sea. The three noble estates Seim, Mel and Hatteberg constituted the core of the large estate taken over by Ludvig Rosenkrantz in 1662, after he was married to Karen Mowat in 1658.
![Gildrehola](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/awfawf.jpg?itok=2AAfbxlk)
![The dwelling house at Rød, Kvinnherad](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_195-2.jpg?itok=0KnxvR7P)
Rød
In 1969 Sigurd and Margreta Dønhaug donated a collection of around 170 historical cultural objects to Kvinnherad municipality. They wanted their gift to become the start of a farm collection in Uskedalen. And that is what happened.
![Hauga House at Tveito, Kvinnherad](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_195-4.jpg?itok=i7qSkBTz)
![Main mine shaft in Valaheigruva mine.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_32.jpg?itok=ybqiInvs)
Varaldsøy- mining
There is still a lot of ore in the abandoned mines on Varaldsøy Island. If today's prices and availability of ore continue, it is doubtful whether the mines will resume operation. But, the pyrite is there, if the market should return. On Varaldsøy Island one finds at least nine mines and prospect pits, that for the most part date back to the latter part of the 1800s.
![Mine hole above Kvitebergsvatnet Lake, by Atramadalen.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_52.jpg?itok=-8a1A_lh)
Ølve- Mining
All in all there are ten known copper mines and two iron mines on the Ølve peninsula. Geologically, the nine mines on Varaldsøy Island also should be figured in. The industry began at Lilledal in 1642 wth the mining of iron ore. From Jernsmauget by Dyråsen, the iron ore was sent to the iron works in eastern Norway.
![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.
![Bergesfjellet](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bo_31.jpg?itok=i9o6PSWe)
![One of the employee's homes.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bo_7.jpg?itok=g8bMYKUS)
Lykling- gold
During the summer of 1979 a rock was found at Lykling in Bømlo that contained 450 grams of gold, and at the end of the 1980s a great many gold samples were laid out for sale. In the old mining area there are still gold miners hunting for the precious metal. But, the big adventure stories are a thing of the past.
![Siggjo from the south. (Svein Nord)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bo_52.jpg?itok=ZLhD-gho)
Siggjo
Siggjo is a cone-shaped, volcano-like mountaintop in the part of Hordaland where one finds the best preserved volcanic rocks. The rock types originate from one or several volcanoes that spewed out glowing lava and ash. But, the shape of the mountain, as it appears today, formed later and by completely different forces.