Fjørtoft boat
The Fjørtoft boat ( Norwegian Fjørtoftbåten ) is the larger of two boats that were found in 1940 from a bog on the island of Fjørtofta in Haram in Fylke Møre og Romsdal in Norway . Rasmus Buset (1891–1965) came to Fjørtofta a few days later and registered the discovery. More material emerged later, and in 1941 Per Fett (1909–1996) undertook the excavation.
Two boats were found. The smaller one was 5.72 meters long and badly damaged. The big boat was 9.86 meters long and filled with stones. Per Fett interpreted the boats laid in the swamp as victims. The hull is made of oak planks connected with wooden nails. No mast track was found. The sealing material in the largest boat has been C14 dated to around 860 AD. Per Fett believed the boats were built between 500 and 900 AD. They were renovated in 1951 by Sigurd Bjørkedal and reconstructed by Bernhard Færøyvik.
The Kvalsund boat and a copy of the Fjørtoft boat are on display in the Båthallen Kjell T. Holm (1919–2009) (the founder of the foundation) in the Sunnmøre Museum .
literature
- Per Sæther: Forhistoriske båter fra Sunnmøre In: GAVLEN 2013 Sunnmøre Museum and Sunnmøre Museumlag