Longhouse of Hrísbrú
The longhouse of Hrísbrú is a Viking homestead in Mosfell ( Icelandic Mosfellsdalur ), in the Icelandic municipality of Mosfellsbær , a few kilometers from Reykjavík . It is located on the northern side of the valley, from where the valley and the coast can be overlooked. The nave , used between 790 and 1100 AD, was excavated in 2008. A church and its cemetery (from around 1000 AD) replace the pagan cremation site.
In the Scandinavian Viking culture , which was decisive for Iceland , houses of this size were reserved for chiefs. Archaeologists have identified three types of Icelandic houses based on house size, artifacts and historical records. Hrísbrú belongs to the group with the highest status in Iceland.
The Hrísbrú longhouse is 28 m long and around 5.0 m wide, making it one of the largest longhouses on the island. It had (similar to the houses in Trelleborg ) a threefold interior division with a central hall, two gable rooms with side doors, one of which has a covered anteroom and arched outer walls (here made of lawn and stone).
Hrísbrú is mentioned in several medieval sagas as the residence of a chief of the Mosfellingar. Individuals who resided here, which are skalde Egill Skallagrímsson (910-990 n. Chr.) And the Althingsprecher (Isländ. Lawspeaker ) Grímr Svertingsson (1002 to 1003 n. Chr.) The Saga reported that Egill Skallagrímsson reached an advanced age and lived with his niece Þórdís, the daughter of his brother óórólfur, and her husband Grím in Mosfellsbær.
At the end of the valley there is an approximately 31 m long ship set by Borg.
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Coordinates: 64 ° 11 ′ 13.2 " N , 21 ° 37 ′ 57.7" W.