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Stadarborg is a
sheep shelter, 2-3 km from the former parsonage Kalfatjorn in a direct
line from there to Mt Dyngja. It is round in shape and constructed
skilfully from lava rocks. It is about two metres high, 8 m in
diameter, and 35 m in circumferance. The ground inside it is flat and
covered with grass.
No sources reveal
its age, but it must be a few centuries old. According to
the legend, a man named Gudmundur built it for the reverend at
Kalfatjorn. He worked elaborately at the construction, collected stones
from the surrounding area to have a large selection to choose from to
fit them together as perfectly as possible. He planned to close it with
a cone shaped roof of stones, but the reverend envisioned it higher and
more prominent than his church’s steeple and stopped the construction
work. The stone mason left it exactly as we see it today. It was
declared inviolate in 1951. |