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Charcoal pit at the farm of Keldhólar, recorded in Minjastofnun's national register of archaeological sites (Fornleifaskráning) as 3405-27. Register type: niðurgröftur; function: kolagröf; dated 870–1900; condition: greinanlegar; 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.
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