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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 man from Holmefjord

Holmefjord

06.12.2018 - 16:28

Even though we know of several hundred burial places from the Stone Age in Hordaland, we do not often hit on the Stone Age Man himself. But there are a few.

The gold ring from Vikse.

Vikse

13.03.2018 - 21:21

The boatshed at Hamn

Hamn

13.03.2018 - 21:23

Rosseland

07.12.2018 - 14:53

Bronze find from Ålvik

Ålvik

13.03.2018 - 21:25

This is what the northernmost part of the fishing village might have looked like in Viking times

Hjartøy

19.05.2018 - 19:53