Herjolfsnes was a Norse settlement in Greenland, 50 km northwest of Cape Farewell. It was established by Herjolf Bardsson in the late 10th century and is believed to have lasted some 500 years. The fate of its inhabitants, along with all the other Norse Greenlanders, is unknown. The site is known today for having yielded remarkably well-preserved medieval garments, excavated by Danish archaeologist Poul Nörlund in 1921. Its name roughly translates as Herjolf's Point or Cape.
Herjolfsnes after a difficult journey, and lived there for a while. Curiously, although this saga specifically denotes the homestead as Herjolfsnes,...
during this cold period. Theories drawn from archeological excavations at Herjolfsnes in the 1920s suggest that the condition of human bones from this period...
married Gudrid, one of the survivors from a ship which made land at Herjolfsnes after a difficult voyage from Iceland. Spending the winter as a guest...
shoreline about 3 km across the fjord from the ruins of the old Herjolfsnes homestead. The Herjolfsnes site later became known by Inuit Greenlanders as Ikigait...
with 16 church ruins, including Brattahlíð, Dyrnæs, Garðar, Hvalsey and Herjolfsnes. The Vatnahverfi district to the southeast of Einarsfjord had some of...
Smithsonian Institution) The Norsemen in Greenland: Recent Discoveries at Herjolfsnes by William Hovgaard (Geographical Review. Vol. 15, No. 4, Oct., 1925...
Paul Norland, found human remains from the Eastern Settlement in the Herjolfsnes church courtyard. The bodies were dressed in 15th century medieval clothing...
ashore. Eventually the ship does reach Greenland and Bjarni settles in Herjolfsnes. The description of Bjarni's voyage is unique to the Saga of the Greenlanders...
New York. 304pp. 1925 The Norsemen in Greenland: Recent Discoveries at Herjolfsnes, Geographical Review 1926 The Arsenal in Piraeus and the Ancient Building...
kilometers west of Narsarmijit. It was the site of Herjólfr Bárðarson's farm Herjolfsnes ("Herjolf's Point"), one of the easternmost of the Norse settlements...
was possibly the case with larger churches in Brattahlid, Gardar, and Herjolfsnes. The district's farms appear to have been quite rich and productive....
Forlag. 1943. p. 220. Retrieved 28 November 2012. Buried Norsemen at Herjolfsnes: An Archaeological and Historical Study. C. A. Reitzels Forlag. 1924...
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