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FORNFRØDILIG RANNSOKN I UPPISTOVUBEITINUM I LEIRVIK

Fig. 10. Map ofthe area ofvið Garð - the modern settlement is marked with dots. A: The heimrust ofvið Garð. B:

The area of í Uppistovubeitinum is marked with the dotted line and the actual excavation is marked in

black. C: Bønhústoft. D: Garðsbeitið. The stone boundaries are marked by black lines: the old stone

boundary by a thick black line: the stone-turffence dividing Miðbøur from Garðsbeitið by the thin black

line. There is a meter between each contour line -from Arge 1997

Lendið uppi við Garð - nútímans byggilendið er merkt við puntum. A: Heimrustin við Garð; B:

Uppistovubeitið, avmarkað við brotastriku og har fornfrøðiliga rannsóknarøkið er merkt við svørtum; C:

Bønhústoft. D: Garðsbeitið. Garðløg eru víst við striku - við grovari striku bøgarðurin um gamla bøin; við

klænari striku: garðlag, ið avmarkar Miðbø niðan móti Garðsbeitinum. 1 m er millum hæddarkurvarnar -

síArge 1997

of what once was a heimrust, and that the

settlement later moved on whilst the site re-

mained in use as a beiti — that is as a graz-

ing area. This would, as such, explain the

placename element of beiti. If this supposi-

tion holds water, we now have a new range

of sites whose placenames indicate histori-

cal settlements.

It is interesting in this context, to note

that the area on the opposite bank of Brúsá,

above Miðbø - and between Miðbø and við

Garð - is called Garðsbeitið. Thus this area,

although it has undergone modern de-

velopment, is of archaeological interest,

fig. 10.

Finally it is worth noting, that the site of