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![Tjernagelshaugen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh-173-1.jpg?itok=MnCkbLQ1)
Tjernagel
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 gold ring from Vikse.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_176-3.jpg?itok=xoq393Bj)
![Boat bow of oak shaped like an animal head.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_223-4.jpg?itok=6Y1lzt5t)
![Three of the islands in the nature preserve: Litla Vesøya, Stora Vestøya and Lyngøy.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/landskao.jpg?itok=sfUp-2i7)
Fluøyane
The richest seabird localities in Bjørna Fjord are FLUØYANE, a group of small and medium-sized islets just east of the entrance to Våge. Here, we see many different nesting birds, but there is the danger that overgrowth will become an obstacle for nesting here in the future. On one of the islands, the environmental protection authority has promised to step in and help the birds.
![Nils Hertzber’s watercolour from 1829 gives us an impression of the burial site with the menhirs at Årbakkesanden.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_222-1-1.jpg?itok=iSlCbTy_)
Årbakka- The prehistoric site
The prehistoric site at Årbakkasanden with menhirs and burial mounds has been visited, described and illustrated by many learned researchers through the last 350 years. All the same, we still know very little of this unique cultural monument.
![Bordalsgjelet](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/voss_33.jpg?itok=xPd4kUeG)
Bordalsgjelet
Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing stones, the water has carved into the bedrock for thousands of years - and is still doing so today.
![Byrkjehaugen, Voss](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_344-2.jpg?itok=aHQ6m2N7)
Byrkjehaugen
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was around 50m across and 5m high, but following the excavation in 1908 and chipping off by both railway and road construction, the cross-section has shrunk to 37m and the height to 4m. All the same, it is an impressive burial monument for the passing traveller to see.
![Dagestad museum, Voss](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_350-2x.jpg?itok=BcMA39_p)
![The rock painting “running dog”](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_352-4.jpg?itok=nlTkE3N6)