Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1991, Síða 6

10 THE BURIAL SITE OF VIÐ KIRKJUGARÐ .
Fig. 6. The church and the churchyard at Sandur — plan of the areas investigated within the new churchyard exten-
sion. Key: 1. Trial trenches from the 1977-80 investigations. 2. Areas investigated in 1988-89. 3: Site of the burials
located in 1989, see fig. 13. 4. The approximate site of the flagged paving uncovered in 1972 and the coin hoard
found in 1863, see fig. 5. SVA del.
amongst these a possible knife. On top of the
grave lay a pointed-oval shaped stone setting
- irregular and somewhat disturbed. Most
of the stones were burnt and of hand to fist
size. A larger stone had been placed above
the body’s head.
Grave J6B
J6B was not only the largest - ca. 3X1
meters - but also the most well built of the
investigated graves.
Almost rectangular or slightly trapezoid in
shape with the two longsides tapering slight-
ly at the east end, J6B consisted on the sur-
face of a frame of larger stones enclosing a
spread of smaller (10-40 cms in điameter)
stones. The stone used was shingle as well as
stones that seemed to have been cleaved. The