Historical Reconstruction of an Icelandic Turf Farm Iceland
Turf farms have been preserved better in north Iceland than south Iceland because of the cooler climate. One of the most famous Icelandic turf farms is Laufás in Eyjafjördur, northeast Iceland. Other famous turf farms include Glaumbaer in Skagafjördur, Nýibaer in Hólar in Hjaltadalur, Hólar in Eyjafjördur, Grenjadarstadur in Adaldalur and Thverá in Laxárdalur. Laufás is an ancient manor farm, the earliest records of a church there dating from 1047. The present church was built in 1865, and was one of the most impressive of its time. It contains a pulpit with wood carvings from 1698. The large turf farm house was built between 1866 and 1870, and is a typical example of a gable-end parsonage built for a priest with a large household of up to 30 people. Laufás required a large team of servants because the vastness of the land belonging to the farm was rich with natural resources.
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Keywords: archaeology, farm, farming, historic, historical, iceland, icelandic, reconstruction, sod, turf
