The green Bishop's Slope in the western interior, near the Kaldidalur Route, is a place where a prominent Lutheran bishop died on August, 30^th 1720.  To commemorate this tragedy a crucifix was erected there in the early 20^th century.

The bishop of the southern see, seated at Skalholt, Jon Vidalin, was on his way to attend a funeral of Rev. Thordur Jonsson, his brother in law, at the parsonage Stadarstadur on the Snaefell Peninsula.  The bishop was suddenly taken ill and died almost immediately.  This place was a place of rest enroute with a refuge hut, grazings for the horses and ample drinking water within reach.