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![Brandvikneset](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_18.jpg?itok=kdiECMrN)
![Hystadmarka, Stord](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_212-1_gravhaug212.jpg?itok=WN_nSl1Q)
Hystad- burial mounds
The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visible here; finds that span from the Bronze Age to the Viking Age in time.
![Spring in the black alder forest of Hystadsmarkjo.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_8.jpg?itok=uKjQ61DI)
Hystad- the black alder forest
One of the biggest black alder forests in the country is in Hystadmarkjo. Along the well prepared trail through the forest you can experience an exceptional nature with an unusual abundance of exuberant plant species. But what has laid the foundation for this richness?
![Iglatjødno](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_44.jpg?itok=MRGFOnX6)
![The limestone quarry on the east side of Storsøya Island](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_49.jpg?itok=X-nbnmTq)
Storsøya Island
On Storsøya Island, English ivy grows nearly everywhere. It creeps along the ground and climbs all the way to the top of the tree trunks. Together with holly, the trees of juniper, yew and an unusual pine forest keep the island green the whole year 'round.
![Ådlandsstova, as it stood at Nedre Ådland, Stord](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_209-2_sk_414.jpg?itok=cG31Cib5)
Ådlandsstova
The Ådland house is one of the biggest medieval houses still existing in West Norway. It is constructed from unusually large, hard fir wood, beautifully oval-cut. One story links the cottage to the Gildeskålbakken at Orninggård (Lower Ådland); thus indicating that the cottage has been the medieval banqueting hall. The building has been dated back to the 13-1400s by carbon dating.
![Baldellia](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_30.jpg?itok=cgEojqGU)
Ådlandsvatnet
Plants that grow in and beside water have to be prepared for marked and rapid changes in their living conditions. They must be able to tolerate living under water without drowning, and getting totally dried out without whithering. Many swamp plants are well adapted to these kinds of changes.
![Frå kopargruvene på Tveit.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/tveit_gruve.jpg?itok=hjvhdIKa)