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Lie Boat House Site

Site/Artefact Lie Farm number 97 Type Boat house site Site Number Nr. 41 NGO Grid Reference 26377,3 1141859,0 Map ( 1:50000) ØK reference: R2 3155 J12 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here

Description
Registrations done by Gøril Nilsen in her thesis from 1998:

Boat house nr. 47:

Inner measures: 12,0 m long and 2,7 m wide. Suggested dating: AD 1000

Boat house nr. 51:

Inner measures: 11,3 m long and 2,9 m wide, dated to AD 655-775

Boat house nr. 57

Inner measures: 7,5 m long and 2,9 m wide, suggested dating between AD 800-1000

Boat house nr. 58

Inner measures: 5,3 m long and 2,9 m wide, suggested dating to Viking Age

Boat house site nr. 47 lies parallel along the western long wall of boat house site nr. 51. Boat house sites nr. 57 and 58 are situated at the southern side of the bay.

Excavation Details
Boat house site nr.51: Small scale excavations uncovered new details regarding the length and width of the boathouse: Inner measures: 2,9 m wide and 11,3 m long. 14 C datings indicate an active use of the site about AD 655 - 775 (Gøril Nilsen 1998).

Finds:

museumnumber Ts. 10942 d: Iron nail

museumnumber Ts. 10942 e-f: Iron fragments, unsure if these may have been boat nails.

Access/Ownership
Private property

References

• National Registrations from 1970, Topographical Archive, Museum of Tromsø
• Detail registrations done by Gøril Nilsen 1998 in her thesis: Jernaldernaust på Vestvågøy i Lofoten. Hovedoppgave, stensilserie nr. 49, Institutt for Arkeologi. Universiteteti Tromsø

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Vestvågøy Sites and Artefacts

1. Borg 2. Buksnesfjorden 3. Bøstad 4. Eggum 5. Einangen 6. Eltoft 7. Holsneset 8. Holsøya 9. Kvalnes 10. Moland 11. Nykmark 12. Skjerpen 13. Trollsteinen 14. Uttakleiv 15. Vendalsjord 16. The Stone Crosses 17. Malnes 18. Borg Burial Mounds 19. Borg Burial Mounds 20. Borg Roman House Site 21. Borg House Remains I:Ia 23. Borg I:Ib 24. Borg House Remains 25. Borg - Midden

26. Borg House Site 27. Borg House Sites 28. Borg Farm Ruins 29. Borg Medieval Sites 30. Borg Burial Mounds 31. Borg Possible Settlement 32. Borg Medieval House Site 33. Borg Boat Houses 34. Burial Mound 35. Burial Mound 36. Borg Burial Mound 37. Borg Modern Church 38. Bøstad Burial Cairn 39. Bøstad Removed Burials 40. Bøstad - Courtyard 41. Boat House and Burial 42. Bøstad House Sites 43. Bøstad Farm Mound 44. Rystad Boat Houses 45. Rystad Burial Mound 46. Burial and Farm Mound 47. Rystad Burial Mound 48. Rystad - Burials 49. Rystad Burial Cairn 50. Handberg Charcoal-Pits

51. Handberg Farm Mound 52. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 1 53. Handberg Charcoal Pit -2 54. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 3 55. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 4 56. Handberg Charcoal Pits 57. Handberg Charcoal Pit 58. Vendalsjord 59. Lie Burial Mound 60. Lie Boat House 61. Lie 62. Løvdal 63. Borgfjord Indre 64. Sletteng 65. Borgfjord Ytre 66. Ytre Borgfjord - Burial 67. Borgfjord Ytre 68. Ytre Borgfjord 69. Borgfjord Ytre 70. Hagvåg Boat House 71. Hagvåg Burial Mound 72. Hagvåg Bridge Construction 73. Evjen Farm Mound

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