Brattahlid

E81910
Norse settlement archaeological site historic estate

Brattahlid was the main Norse settlement and estate of Erik the Red in southern Greenland, serving as a central hub of the medieval Greenlandic Norse colony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse settlement ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historic estate ⓘ
abandoned late medieval period ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavations 20th century ⓘ
archaeologicalFinds Norse farm remains ⓘ
artifacts of daily Norse life ⓘ
church foundations ⓘ
associatedWith Greenlandic Norse colony ⓘ
exploration of Vinland ⓘ
climate subarctic ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
culture Norse ⓘ
economy cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
environment fjords and grasslands ⓘ
foundedBy Erik the Red ⓘ
hasPart Hvalsey ⓘ
surface form: Erik the Red’s longhouse

Norse farm buildings ⓘ
Thjodhild’s church ⓘ
church at Brattahlid ⓘ
heritageStatus important Norse archaeological site ⓘ
inception late 10th century ⓘ
language Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
locatedIn Eastern Settlement ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Southern Greenland
locatedNear Tunulliarfik Fjord ⓘ
modernName Qassiarsuk ⓘ
namedAfter Erik the Red ⓘ
partOf Norse voyages to North America ⓘ
surface form: Norse colonization of Greenland

Viking Age ⓘ
surface form: Viking Age Norse world
presentDayUse reconstructed Norse farm ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Norse paganism ⓘ
residenceOf Erik the Red ⓘ
Leif Erikson ⓘ
significantEvent launch point for Leif Erikson’s voyages to North America ⓘ
timePeriod Viking Age ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
usedAs central hub of the Norse Greenland colony ⓘ
main estate of Erik the Red ⓘ

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