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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?

The Hopland mills around 1940.

Kvernhusvågen

30.03.2018 - 09:08

Skredhaugen

Skredhaugen

27.05.2018 - 15:27

A “chest piece” from Bu museum.

Bu

29.04.2018 - 11:23

Drawing: longhouse, Sætre

Sætre

16.06.2018 - 18:35

The longhouse at Førland

Førland

21.11.2018 - 19:36

From Helland toward the end of the valley with the Skrikjo waterfall.

Opedal

03.12.2018 - 13:53

Housing development Huse in Kinsarvik.

Huse housing development

03.08.2017 - 13:36

View in over Mostraumen.

Mostraumen

13.12.2018 - 10:36

Until 1743 the people from Modal had to wait for a flood in MOSTRAUMEN before they could draw their boats up the river current, and then row back across Lake Movatnet. But, that year the flood opened a free passageway all the way to Mo. Hordaland had gained a new tidal waterway.

The mill in Kvernapollen

Kvernapollen

16.06.2018 - 18:29

When the workers came to Kollsnes to start on the work with the landing for the gas terminal from the Troll field in the North Sea, they found the ruins of an old farm mill at Kvernapollen.

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