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Borg House Remains

Site/Artefact Borg II Type House remains Site Number Nr 5 NGO Grid Reference 22530,6 1141843,2 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here

Description
Borg II:1-3 contains three house sites and a partly preserved fence, situated east of The Chieftain's house (Borg I). Both areas seem to have been settled and used throughout the later part of the Viking Age. About AD 950, the Chieftain's house is being abandoned, at least pulled down and out of use, while the settlement at Borg II house 1, continues until the end of AD 1000.

The function of the settlement and activity area at Borg II is still debated, but house remains and artefacts point to a single farm unit (House 1) with small activity areas like House 2 and 3.

Could the size of the houses at Borg II and the artefacts found here, tell us about the use of the whole area at Borg and the changes from paganism towards Christianity? What kind of changes seem to happen at Sacred Heights at Borg?

Excavation Details
Borg II represents a settlement area, situated east of the Chieftains house: Borg I:Ia and Borg I:Ib.

This area consists of three house remains: Borg II: 1-3.

Borg II:1 is a longhouse about 20.8 x 6.3 m, typical in the period around AD 900. 

The two other house remains Borg II:2 and Borg II:3 measured 4.4 x 2.4 m and 3.3 x 2.0 m.

House 1 and 2 could have been built at the same time.

House 3 seems to be the oldest house in the settlement area at Borg II. Analysis from the house remains indicates an active settlement period parallel to the Chieftains house (Borg I). After the abundance of the Chieftains house, Borg II: house 2 is still in use (AD 1000).

Access/Ownership
Lofotr Vikingmuseum at Borg

References

• Olav Sverre Johansen (Introduction), Svante Norr og Derek Fewster (Kap 7) i A Chieftains farm in Northern Norway, (red.) Gerd S. Munch, Olav S. Johansen, Else Roesdahl, Arkeologiske Skrifter nr. 1, Lofotr- Vikingmuseet p Borg, 2003.

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• Viking age

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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