The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond.
The best-preserved early church site on the Faroe Islands, locally known as Bønhústoftin (English: prayer-house ruin), is located in the settlement of Leirvík on the island of Eysturoy. Although the site is well known it has neither been the subject of a proper archaeological survey nor has it ever...
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ftunivcollcork:oai:cora.ucc.ie:10468/3034 2023-08-27T04:09:20+02:00 The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond. Sheehan, John Stummann Hansen, Steffen 2006-01 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3034 en eng Archaeologia Islandica Sheehan, J., and Stummann Hansen, S. (2006) 'The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond', Archaeologica Icelandica, 5(1), pp. 27-54. 54 1 Archaeologica Icelandica 27 http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3034 5 © 2006, Institute of Archaeology, Iceland Christianity Faroe Islands Chapel Article (peer-reviewed) 2006 ftunivcollcork 2023-08-06T14:31:18Z The best-preserved early church site on the Faroe Islands, locally known as Bønhústoftin (English: prayer-house ruin), is located in the settlement of Leirvík on the island of Eysturoy. Although the site is well known it has neither been the subject of a proper archaeological survey nor has it ever been included in discussions of the nature of early Christianity in the Faroe Islands. The site was recently surveyed and described by the authors, and the results of this work are presented here. Other sites of related type, both in the Faroe Islands and elsewhere, are identified and the archaeological and historical contexts within which these sites should be considered, including the evidence from Toftanes and Skúvoy, are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eysturoy Faroe Islands Skúvoy University College Cork, Ireland: Cork Open Research Archive (CORA) Faroe Islands Eysturoy ENVELOPE(-6.878,-6.878,62.216,62.216) Skúvoy ENVELOPE(-6.826,-6.826,61.768,61.768) Leirvik ENVELOPE(14.133,14.133,67.017,67.017) Toftanes ENVELOPE(-6.710,-6.710,62.212,62.212) |
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The best-preserved early church site on the Faroe Islands, locally known as Bønhústoftin (English: prayer-house ruin), is located in the settlement of Leirvík on the island of Eysturoy. Although the site is well known it has neither been the subject of a proper archaeological survey nor has it ever been included in discussions of the nature of early Christianity in the Faroe Islands. The site was recently surveyed and described by the authors, and the results of this work are presented here. Other sites of related type, both in the Faroe Islands and elsewhere, are identified and the archaeological and historical contexts within which these sites should be considered, including the evidence from Toftanes and Skúvoy, are discussed. |
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Sheehan, John Stummann Hansen, Steffen |
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Sheehan, John Stummann Hansen, Steffen |
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The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond. |
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The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond. |
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The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond. |
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The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond. |
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The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond. |
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leirvik 'bonhústoftin' and the early christianity of the faroe islands, and beyond. |
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Archaeologia Islandica |
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2006 |
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ENVELOPE(-6.878,-6.878,62.216,62.216) ENVELOPE(-6.826,-6.826,61.768,61.768) ENVELOPE(14.133,14.133,67.017,67.017) ENVELOPE(-6.710,-6.710,62.212,62.212) |
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Faroe Islands Eysturoy Skúvoy Leirvik Toftanes |
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Faroe Islands Eysturoy Skúvoy Leirvik Toftanes |
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Eysturoy Faroe Islands Skúvoy |
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Eysturoy Faroe Islands Skúvoy |
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Sheehan, J., and Stummann Hansen, S. (2006) 'The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond', Archaeologica Icelandica, 5(1), pp. 27-54. 54 1 Archaeologica Icelandica 27 http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3034 5 |
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