- Because of the wealth of medieval and later documentation, Mosfell is an unusually important Viking Age site. Historical sources provide a rich source of information about the History of the Mosfell valley.
- One goal of our research is to obtain archaeological data that can be used to evaluate the historical accuracy of literary sources such as Egil's Saga. For example, scholars have been in some disagreement as to precisely what this saga passage tells us about the placement of the early church at Mosfell and the relationship to the neighboring church and farm at Hrísbrú.
- One of these farms, or perhaps both at different times, appears to have been the homes of chieftains.
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Excavation of the Hrísbrú Church
The 19th Century Mosfell Church |
