Oddstaðir

Beyond providing a long term chronology on site management and farm economy, this site has produced faunal remains dating from the 13th to the late 14th c., contemporaneous with those found at the Gásir trading site and also those from the medieval monastic estate at Möðruvellir. The Oddstaðir ruins are found on land that has for several centuries belonged to the Öxnhóll farm. Öxnhóll owned a parish church until the 16th c. After an extensive coring survey for potential medieval midden deposits turned out successful in the summer of 2009, a test trench was placed into the most promising midden area, providing the excavation team with a sizeable sample of environmental and some material remains.