Lyngaland Traditional Cache
Hidden : 11/13/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Lyngaland på Sæland
Gardsanlegg frå folkevandringstid (350-550 e.Kr.)

Lyngaland, eller Homsi som var det opphavlege namnet på dette området av Selandsgarden, har alltid hatt ein heilt særskild plass i utforskinga av det eldste jordbruket i Rogaland. Av dei fleire titals anlegga som den kjende jernaldersforskaren, Jan Petersen, undersøkte frå 1920 til begynninga av 1950-åra, er det få, om nokre, som kan måla seg med Lyngaland.

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Eng:
Lyngaland or Homsi which was the original name of this area of Selandsgarden, has always had a completely special place in the exploration of the oldest agriculture in western Norway. Of the several dozen facilities that the famous Iron Age researcher, Jan Petersen, examined from 1920 to begin establishing the 1950's, few, some of which can be painted with Lyngaland. This is due first and foremost, that here lay still ruins along with many of the other elements of the ancient farm
The two house foundations and a few smaller burial mounds were surveyed in 1927 and in the years 1933-35. Since then, the plant doctor urørd. l 1983 there were 400 acres of "Lyngaland landscape and prehistoric site" created so that the whole farm system has now been secured for the future.

What can we see?
The two houses has remained close together and parallel in direction northwest-southeast. The longest ruins is 63 m. The survey showed that Lyngaland was cleared in romartid / Migration. Some of the dividing walls in the house is probably the longest traces of settlement in the Viking Age or Middle Ages. Room No. 2 from below, had the entrance to the north, while room 3 to 5 had the entrance to the south. The ruins are at least 30 m long and with the entrance facing the open space between houses.
Given kveet between the houses in the far northwest lies geile as a hulveg. After about 50 m 'geile into Utgarde that embraces a cultivated area of 120 to 140 goals.
Several greens are traces of agriculture. Spread over the infields and especially on the surface southeast of the houses, is it close by mounds and mounds. Probably as many as 25 of which are burial mounds, while here is 50 -60 clearance cairns. Two of the mounds were surveyed in 1935 (There was no evidence for it or them buried.

What people lived by?
It is not possible to say how large areas of the home fields that were seeded on another year. The most important grain was enough barley and oats. There is reason to calculate that livestock manure was spread on the infields. Animal husbandry has thus been of great importance, with cows, sheep and goats as the most important animal made in romartid and Migration. l also probably pigs, horses and chickens in the Viking and Middle Ages. We believe that hunting has played a larger role here than td the endless forest Low-Jæren that already during the first two to three centuries AD had by way of urban settlement. The extent of hunting and fishing, and what this agency has had to say on the economy of those who lived on Lyngaland, we know nothing certain about.

People and animals under the same roof
The brick walls conceal the size of houses. lnnanfor walls were probably of standing wood wall paneling. The roof was held up by heavy pillars that stood on either flat or rather was grovne into the ground floor and visions stolpehol by excavation. The posts were in pairs along the entire house. Fireplace and findings may help us to say something about how the houses were used. Habitation in Fleines periods makes it often difficult to say something quite certain about the individual rooms. The smallest house has probably only been used for human dwellings. Four, five thousand shards of container shaped earthen vessel are the most numerous group findings. Otherwise, it was found spinning wheels, loom weights, grinding stones, frying pan, whetstone, slag and much more.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre fgrva/Haqre fgbar

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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