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Burial Mound of Skalla-Grímur Kveldúlfsson and Böðvar
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Sasha Taylor
April 23, 2023
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Here you will find what we'd like to believe is the burial-mound of Skalla-Grímur Kveldúlfsson and his grandson Böðvar, the son of Egill Skallagrímsson.
Egill had the burial-mound of his father reopened and buried Böðvar, who was only a teenager when he drowned in Hvítá river, in the burial-mound with his grandfather.
Source: Local signage
Egill had the burial-mound of his father reopened and buried Böðvar, who was only a teenager when he drowned in Hvítá river, in the burial-mound with his grandfather.
Source: Local signage
Sasha Taylor
April 23, 2023
Hiking
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Landnámssetrið - the Settlement Centre
The Settlement Exhibition
Granastaðir - Grani's Farm- Cairn no. 1
Skalla-Grímur and Brákarsund Strait - Cairn no. 2
Skalla-Gríms Burial Mound and Park - Cairn no. 3
Borg á Mýrum - Borg at Mýrar - Cairn no. 4
Rauðanes - Bog Iron Peninsula - Cairn no. 5
Ánabrekka - Áni Slopes - Cairn no. 6
Einkunnir - Cairn no. 7
Krumskelda - Cairn no. 8
Hvítárvellir - White River Plains- Cairn no. 9
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Landnámssetrið - the Settlement Centre
The Settlement Exhibition
Granastaðir - Grani's Farm- Cairn no. 1
Skalla-Grímur and Brákarsund Strait - Cairn no. 2
Skalla-Gríms Burial Mound and Park - Cairn no. 3
Borg á Mýrum - Borg at Mýrar - Cairn no. 4
Rauðanes - Bog Iron Peninsula - Cairn no. 5
Ánabrekka - Áni Slopes - Cairn no. 6
Einkunnir - Cairn no. 7
Krumskelda - Cairn no. 8
Hvítárvellir - White River Plains- Cairn no. 9
My Viking Ancestry
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