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Under the grass fields lie large quantities of sand and gravel.

Nedre Helland- Sand Quarries

13.12.2018 - 11:09

The three spades in the municipal coat of arms for Modalen are sand spades. Sand quarrying has brought income and employment. As much as 70,000-80,0000 tonnes of sand and gravel left the municipality each year since the turn of the millennium, to be used as cementing sand. Why is Modalen endowed with so much sand?

Boatshed

Straume- maritime environment

21.11.2018 - 19:35

The Ostra chests are easily recognisable with their characteristic style.

Mjøsvågen

18.06.2018 - 20:03

Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises and workshops. This is where the farmers from Øvsthus, Mjøs, Hole and other farms have supplemented their meagre incomes as smiths, brass moulders, clog makers, chest builders and decorative painters.

Barn with stone end wall

Andviki

19.05.2018 - 19:59

The iron bars found at Rambjørg.

Rambjørg

17.06.2018 - 16:36

The “Bualoft” at Kjetland from the 1600s or 1700s.

Kjetland

17.06.2018 - 16:34

Door

Trodalen

17.06.2018 - 16:37

The longhouse at Litleoksa

Litleoksa

16.06.2018 - 18:48

Drawing: longhouse, Sætre

Sætre

16.06.2018 - 18:35

The longhouse at Førland

Førland

21.11.2018 - 19:36

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