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Vestvågøy - 33 Borg Boat Houses Site/Artefact Borg farm number 93 Type Boat house sites Site Number Nr. 14 NGO Grid Reference 23357,0 1142187,1 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here Description National Registrations in 1979 localised several Boat house-sites along the Inner fjord at Borg. All sites belong to farm nr. 93/11, 500 m North east of Borge Church. Situated North: 1.   Boat-house, 16 x 10 m (outer measurements), 0, 5-0, 7 m and 4 m west above high tide measures. A modern boat house is built at the upper end of the site. 10 m south, south west of the western part of site nr. 1: 2.     Boat house, 36 x 10 m (outer measurements) and 1,5-2 m above  and 4 m West of the high tide. 60 m south of the eastern part of site nr. 1: 3.    Boat house, 26 x 11 m (outer measurements), 0, 7-0, 8 m aboveand 4 m west of the high tide. Along the northern side of site nr. 3: 4.    Possible Boat house, 7 x 1, 5 m (inner measurements). C. 30 m N of site nr. 1: 5.   Modern Boat house, 6 x 2 m (inner measurements), 0.5-0, 7 m above and c. 5 m west of the high tide. Close to boathouses nr.4 and 5, two possible burial mounds have been localised. One of these is not visible today. Around the inner and outer Borgpollen, 20 Boat house sites are localised (Nilsen 1998). 6 of these can be related to the Borg area. Small scale investigations were carried through by I. Holand in 1989, and detailed records made by Nilsen 1998. 14 C datings from several sites indicate use between AD 892-1026. Finds from the excavation: Slag-and iron fragments, boat nails, and a piece of slate. The boat-house sites around the fjord of Borg indicate an active use from Iron Age up to Medieval Times. 5 boat house sites are more than 15 m in length and the largest is registrated with inner measurement of 21,5 m and 22 m. Other farms in the area with registered boat-houses:   Hagvaag, (4), Boestad, (2), Rystad, (3), Li, (4), Sletteng (1), Knutstad (1) (Nilsen 1998) Excavation Details Not Available Access/Ownership Private property References Gril Nilsen 1998: Naust og båt på Vestvågøy i jernalderen , Institute of Archaeology, University of Tromsø National registrations done by Kåre Ringstad in 1979 Check out the following sections of the website for related information: Boat houses Other Vestvågøy Sites and Artefacts 1. Borg 2. Buksnesfjorden 3. Bøstad 4. Eggum 5. Einangen 6. Eltoft 7. Holsneset 8. Holsøya 9. Kvalnes 10. Moland 11. Nykmark 12. Skjerpen 13. Trollsteinen 14. Uttakleiv 15. Vendalsjord 16. The Stone Crosses 17. Malnes 18. Borg Burial Mounds 19. Borg Burial Mounds 20. Borg Roman House Site 21. Borg House Remains I:Ia 23. Borg I:Ib 24. Borg House Remains 25. Borg - Midden 26. Borg House Site 27. Borg House Sites 28. Borg Farm Ruins 29. Borg Medieval Sites 30. Borg Burial Mounds 31. Borg Possible Settlement 32. Borg Medieval House Site 33. Borg Boat Houses 34. Burial Mound 35. Burial Mound 36. Borg Burial Mound 37. Borg Modern Church 38. Bøstad Burial Cairn 39. Bøstad Removed Burials 40. Bøstad - Courtyard 41. Boat House and Burial 42. Bøstad House Sites 43. Bøstad Farm Mound 44. Rystad Boat Houses 45. Rystad Burial Mound 46. Burial and Farm Mound 47. Rystad Burial Mound 48. Rystad - Burials 49. Rystad Burial Cairn 50. Handberg Charcoal-Pits 51. Handberg Farm Mound 52. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 1 53. Handberg Charcoal Pit -2 54. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 3 55. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 4 56. Handberg Charcoal Pits 57. Handberg Charcoal Pit 58. Vendalsjord 59. Lie Burial Mound 60. Lie Boat House 61. Lie 62. Løvdal 63. Borgfjord Indre 64. Sletteng 65. Borgfjord Ytre 66. Ytre Borgfjord - Burial 67. Borgfjord Ytre 68. Ytre Borgfjord 69. Borgfjord Ytre 70. Hagvåg Boat House 71. Hagvåg Burial Mound 72. Hagvåg Bridge Construction 73. Evjen Farm Mound

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