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Iron smelting at the farm of Reykjavík, recorded in Minjastofnun's national register of archaeological sites (Fornleifaskráning) as 3079-011. Register type: heimild / Heimild; function: rauðablástur / Sögn, gröf, rauðablástursminjar; dated 1000–1950; condition: ómetið; 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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Reykjavík
Viking Age · IS→
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