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![Bruosen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_376-1_z.jpg?itok=OZpy9qgo)
Bru
Bruosen is one of the few river harbours in the county. As landing place for the churchgoers, this place and the boatshed environment follow a tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages, but the country store of today is much younger.
![Einstapevoll](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_175-2z.jpg?itok=6JWMCjE3)
Einstapevoll- the farm
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.
![The farm at Færavåg, Tysnes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_224-1.jpg?itok=c4I6NRHp)
Færavåg
The main house at Færavåg was built in 1599. History tells us that a German came to Færavåg and built the house. He divided the land between his two sons. They in turn divided it between their two sons, thus there were four equal holdings on the farm. And it is said that all households lived in the same house. They each stayed in their own corner around the fire in the middle of the floor.
![The longhouse at Førland](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_304-2.jpg?itok=ZjuFC_Ry)
![Haugsbø](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_176-1.jpg?itok=GUepE-uA)
Haugsbø
The single unit farm without a road to it, Haugsbø, is situated on the east side of the Tittelsnes peninsula facing Ålfjorden. As far back as the Middle Ages the farm has probably belonged to Stord Parish, up to the 1800s. In 1590 it was thought to be abandoned, but in 1601 Mickel Hougsbøe paid a tithe on the farm.
![The extended farm dwelling at Hopland](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_304-1.jpg?itok=ird44EKf)
Hopland
The farmhouses at holding No. 15 at Hopland are built together to form a long, continuous building, with dwelling house, hayshed and cowshed built in one row. There have been many such joined structures in the coastal communities, but today there are few remaining. If we travel to the other side of the North Sea, to the Faeroes, Shetland and the Orkney Islands, we find corresponding features in the older building traditions. We find ourselves in a large North Atlantic cultural area.
![The wheelhouse at Hovdanes, Tysnes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_224-3.jpg?itok=hDerF4kE)
![The marine use environment on Krossøy, Austrheim](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_306-1.jpg?itok=G4q9_8h8)
Krossøy
Furthest north in the island community Rongevær, at the entrance to Fensfjorden, lies Krossøy. Belonging to the farm are the islands of Krossøy, Husøy, Kårøy, Lyngkjerringa, Søre Kjerringa, Rotøy and Kuhovet. All of them have been inhabited. On Krossøy itself today there are four holdings. The marine use environment here is one of the best preserved along the West Norwegian coast.
![The Hopland mills around 1940.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_304-3.jpg?itok=ZvabRlGu)
![The main house at Nedrevåge, Tysnes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_221_y.jpg?itok=6T-APezc)
Nedrevåge
Vågsbygdo was severely hit by landslides and rock falls in the decades around 1700, in addition, the rivers transported masses of loose sediment, both large stones and gravel. A lot of what slid down from the Vågsliene (slopes at Våg) collected in Neravåge. It was so bad that the damage “never again can be remedied or restored”, it was said in 1670.