/ UPPISTOVUBEITINUM. SITE AND SETTLEMENT 29 Fig. 2. Photo ofthe area excavated seenfrom south. Photo: Føroya Fornminnissavn; S. V. Arge 1995 Fotomynd av útgrevstrarøkinum sæð sunnanífrá be sill stones, but are more likely post stones for the roof-bearing posts. These were thus placed along the walls and not down the middle of the house, as is so typ- ical for the Viking-Age longhouses. In the southernmost part of the building a fair amount of well preserved wood was found. The wood formed part of the floor structure, amongst other things, as cover for a draining trench. Furthermore sec-