Ruins larger than expected
Excavation has just started in the city centre in Lækjargata. Who knows what could be found in the many layers of earth. Mbl.is/ Árni Sæberg
Excavation has begun in the car park south of the building that previously housed Íslandsbanki in Lækjargata. Archeologists made a surprise find this summer of the ruins of a Viking longhouse at least 900 years old.
This summer we reported that the longhouse is at least 20 m long at 5.5m wide at it widest point. The ‘long fire’ in the centre of the hut is one of the largest ever found in Iceland, which visible traces suggesting it was over 5.2 m long.
According to archeologist Lísabet Guðmundsdóttir the national heritage institute the site is considerably larger than previously thought.
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