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Pagan grave field at the farm of Saltvík, recorded in Minjastofnun's national register of archaeological sites (Fornleifaskráning) as 3063-30. Register type: þúst; function: kumlateigur / grafreitur; dated 800–1900; 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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Grave field
A cemetery of several mounds, cairns or flat graves used by one community over generations.
What is a “Gravfelt”?
A grave field: a cemetery of many graves and mounds used by a farm or community over generations.
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