Geirsstaðakirkja
The Geirsstaðakirkja is a replica of an early turf church in the east of Iceland .
Archaeological excavations were carried out in the Hróarstunga area in the summer of 1997. Ruins of a large farm from the Viking Age were found . This included a nave , a small church, and two smaller buildings. There is no longer a Geirsstaðir farm in this area. Now the land belongs to the Litla-Bakki farm. The chapel dates from the time when the Christian faith was accepted on the Althing in the year 1000 .
Between 1999 and 2001 
such a peat church was rebuilt east of Hroarstunguvegur . It is where the Húseyarvegur 
continues north. The actual location is about 2 km north, west of road 926. The chapel was not consecrated, but was blessed in 2001. The replica of the chapel belongs to the Egilsstaðir Museum .
Other churches nearby are Sleðbrjótskirkja, west of Jökulsá á Brú and Kirkjubæjarkirkja near Lagarfljót . The peat farm Galtastaðir Fremdri, located 7.5 km to the southeast, is looked after by the National Museum .
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Coordinates: 65 ° 30 ′ 15.6 ″ N , 14 ° 31 ′ 10.2 ″ W.