Hvalsey
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Hvalsey is the best-preserved Norse ruin site in Greenland, known for its stone church and remnants of a medieval farming settlement.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Erik the Red’s longhouse | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse ruin site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| abandonedBy | Norse settlers ⓘ |
| access | primarily by boat ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Norse stone architecture ⓘ |
| buildingTechnique | dry-stone masonry ⓘ |
| churchDenomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church (medieval)
|
| country | Greenland ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
Norse presence in Greenland
ⓘ
decline of Norse Greenlandic settlements ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Hvalsey Church
ⓘ
animal pens ⓘ dwelling ruins ⓘ farm buildings ⓘ outbuildings ⓘ |
| heritage | Norse Greenlandic ⓘ |
| knownFor |
best-preserved Norse ruins in Greenland
ⓘ
medieval farming settlement remains ⓘ stone church ruins ⓘ |
| landscape | coastal fjord environment ⓘ |
| languageOfHistoricalInhabitants |
Norse
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| lastDocumentedEvent | wedding in 1408 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Settlement, Greenland
ⓘ
Kujalleq municipality ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Qaqortoq ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Icelandic annals ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Hvalseyfjorden ⓘ |
| ownership | Government of Greenland ⓘ |
| partOf | Norse Eastern Settlement in Greenland ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected archaeological site ⓘ |
| region | southern Greenland ⓘ |
| religionOfHistoricalInhabitants | Christianity ⓘ |
| researchField |
Norse studies
ⓘ
medieval archaeology ⓘ |
| significance |
best-preserved Norse church in Greenland
ⓘ
evidence of medieval Norse farming in Greenland ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
Norse Greenland period ⓘ |
| tourism | popular tourist destination in southern Greenland ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Erik the Red’s longhouse