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Charcoal pit, recorded in Minjastofnun's national register of archaeological sites (Fornleifaskráning) as 2380-6. Register type: niðurgröftur; function: kolagröf; dated 900–1300; condition: illgreinanlegar; protection: friðað. Iceland was settled c. 870; a range starting then means the site may go back to the settlement period.
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Iron production
Furnaces, charcoal pits and slag heaps from bloomery iron making, the industry behind Viking weapons and tools.
What is a “Kullgrop”?
A charcoal pit: a hollow where wood was slowly burned to make charcoal, mostly for iron smelting. They are among the most common Iron Age and medieval traces in Norway's uplands.
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