Trench B, Niðri á Bakka

Description

Velbastaður, Faroe Island. This archaeological trench is located inside a small sub-circular enclosure. It is placed outside the eastern walls of a structure believed to be the ruins of a "Bønhús" (English: Prayer-house), a small medieval church, abandoned after the Reformation. The placename Kirkjugarður (English: Churchyard), indicates that the enclosure is a graveyard. The excavation started in the summer of 2016. Google map location: http://goo.gl/HpYvp6 Overview photograph of the site: https://goo.gl/photos/ixMfud6SM2NrYcNy6 Model by Helgi D. Michelsen