Historic & Abandoned Places

Iceland was settled from the late 9th century onward, and centuries of farming, changing climate, and rural depopulation have left thousands of former farmsteads, outbuildings and seasonal herding sites recorded but unoccupied across the country. Minjastofnun Íslands, the national heritage agency, maintains an open archaeological survey of these locations. This collection presents a reviewed selection of that data with independently written, factual descriptions — and, where public access hasn't been verified, an honest note saying so rather than an invitation to visit.