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![Elias Fiigenschoug’s painting of Halsnøy monastery , 1656](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_192-1.jpg?itok=9VO9I-NR)
Halsnøy Monastery
Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the island. Gently sloping fields lead down to the sea on both sides, in the south towards the Kloster Fjord, to the north towards the sheltered Klostervågen.
![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.
![Burial mounds at Hæreid](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/haegreid.jpg?itok=LEb0sJkP)
Hæreid- archaeology
The biggest prehistoric burial site in Hordaland is situated at Hæreid. On top of the terrace expanse, inside the fine birch garden, is where they lie, the mounds and stone piles, on their own or in clusters, large and small, round and elongated – at least 350 in all.
![Halnelægeret.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_409-2.jpg?itok=hEx5mouW)
Halne
At Halnefjorden, a few hundred metres east of Halne mountain lodge, lie the remains of two stone sheds – Halnelægeret. Some generations ago the cattle drovers stopped here in the summer; they were the cowboys of their time. But Halnelægeret already had a long history before the cattle drovers came.
![The clustered community in Hjølmodalen early in 1900.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/hjolmo.jpg?itok=iZcai_B_)
Hjølmo
In the steep hillside in Hjølmodalen, a small side valley from Øvre Eidfjord (Upper Eidfjord), which has been a key entrance to the Hardanger Plateau, the hamlet of old farmhouses still lie clustered together. The yard is empty today, some of the houses are used in the summer, but the grass grows round all the corners.
![Kjeåsen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kjeaasen.jpg?itok=v7Svgfx5)
Kjeåsen
High up above the fjord, at a height of 600m lie the two holdings at Kjeåsen. Today you can drive there by car, through a new tunnel that the power engineers in Sima have drilled. Until 1974 the only road went up the steep hillside, along iron bolted ladders across dizzying rocks – a road for the strong at heart.
![There are two holding in the hamlet at Måbø.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_407-3.jpg?itok=OGwM-qww)
Måbø
Måbø is the uppermost farm in Måbødalen. This narrow and steep mountain valley has been one of the routes from the fjord communities up to the mountain plateau from times immemorial. We are not certain of the meaning of the name Måbø. Perhaps it has its origin in an Old Norse male name Mávi, from the name for seagull, már. The last syllable “bø” means farm. Today Måbø gives us a compact close-up of the subsistence economy: the small farm with the clearance piles, stone walls and a lane that guided the animals into the yard, at the foot of the great mountain expanse.
![Gildrehola](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/awfawf.jpg?itok=2AAfbxlk)
![Gjuvsland (Svein Nord)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/navn.jpg?itok=npdQFont)
![Halsnøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_15.jpg?itok=mn2F8JKB)
Halsnøy
Hadde ikkje Hardangerfjordbreen mot slutten av istida rykt fram over fjordbotnen, ville Halsnøy ikkje eksistert som éi øy, men som mange småøyar. Breen skuva framfor seg så mykje leire frå havbotnen at Brattåsen, Toftåsen, Landåsen og Svartaberg vart samla i eitt landområde.