- The structural remains uncovered on the Kirkjuhóll knoll in 2002 include the well-preserved stone foundation of the south wall of a small church whose choir at the east end may have been of wooden “stave” construction. The 2003 excavations uncovered most of the remains of most of the other walls, which were of turf construction. The radiocarbon dates obtained are all consistent with the hypothesis that this structure, which may have gone through two significant building phases, is the conversion-age church described in Egil’s Saga.
- In the 2001 and 2002 excavations of the graveyard at Hrísbrú, nine burials were excavated around the south and east walls of the church. The burials, which consisted of 8 adults (6 males, 1 female, and 1 undetermined) and one poorly preserved infant varied in preservation, orientation, and treatment. At least 7 were buried in an east-west orientation with their heads to the west. The 2003 excavations added an additional five burials (5 males) mostly directly north of the church along with evidence of several empty graves to the south.
- Most of the burials appear to have been interred in coffins. Along with coffin traces, nails, and clench bolts, burial associations consisted of a carved piece of whalebone, a staff gripped in the hand of a skeleton, an iron pot fragment, and pieces of wood and perhaps leather.
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