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Borgarvirki - A group of rocks on the ridges between the Vesturhóp district and the Víðidalur valley - North West Iceland

Region: North West

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Borgarvirki, (“Citadel”) (177 m) a group of rocks on the ridges between the Vesturhóp district and the Víðidalur valley, with basalt columns 10-15 m high and a circular depression at the top, open to the east. There a big stone wall has been raised, through which is the entrance. The wall and others nearby were repaired in 1949-50, and in the depression are the ruins of huts and a well. Nobody knows why Borgarvirki was made. One story is that Víga-Barði in Heiðarvíga saga intended it as a defence against attack from the people of the Borgarfjörður district, another that it was the work of Finnbogi rammi in Finnboga saga ramma.

source Iceland Road Atlas

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