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Mar 12, 2012
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Þjóðveldisbærinn Stöng is a reconstructed viking-era Long house or farmstead in Iceland. It is a replica of the building which was buried under volcanic ash in 1104 following the eruption of the volcano Hekla.
The reconstruction was built in 1974 as a part of the national celebrations of the 1100th anniversary of the settlement of Iceland in 874.

Þjóðveldisbærinn Stöng is a reconstructed viking-era Long house or farmstead in Iceland. It is a replica of the building which was buried under volcanic ash in 1104 following the eruption of the volcano Hekla.

The reconstruction was built in 1974 as a part of the national celebrations of the 1100th anniversary of the settlement of Iceland in 874.

(Source: paganroots, via fauxroux)