Unlocking Hidden Heritage European Project
Iceland Action- Turf Building and Restoration- 24th August to 3rd September 2008
The action will take place in Skagafjörður and is managed by the Byggdasafn Arnesinga Folk Museum in cooperation with Skagafjörður Folk Museum, Hólar University College and Saudarkrokur Comprehensive College. This will involve rebuilding a turf house and participating in archaeological survey i.e. recognising the ruins of turf houses in the landscape. Since few turf farmhouses remain, there is every reason to make a dedicated effort to develop and conserve them. The farmhouse tradition embodies an important element of Icelandic history and the Icelandic way of life over the centuries. The few remaining traditional farmhouses rank with a handful of buildings in Iceland that can be deemed of global value.
The farmhouse
that will be of focus is Tyrfingsstaðir which was built in between the
later 19th century to 1904. Inhabitants continued to occupy the farmhouse
until 1969 and has since been redundant. Reconstruction work began in 2006
with students from the Heritage School and was supervised by the Skagafjörður
Folk Museum.
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Tyrfingsstaðir-the
Turf Farmhouse that will be reconstructed in the Icelandic action
in 2008
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