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Booth at an assembly or fishing station, recorded in Minjastofnun's national register of archaeological sites (Fornleifaskráning) as 2880-159. Register type: þúst; function: búð; dated 930–1800; condition: illgreinanlegar; protection: friðlýst. Iceland was settled c. 870; a range starting then means the site may go back to the settlement period.
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Trading place
A market or harbour where goods, silver and people changed hands.
What is a “Tingbúð”?
An assembly booth: the turf-walled shelter a chieftain's household used during sessions of a thing (assembly), best known from Iceland.
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