stong commonwealth farm and chapel as reconstructions of original viking farmhouse, western iceland

reconstructions reconstructed thjorsardalur commonwealth traditional farmhouse landscape longhouse grassland original panorama sodhouse mountain building western iceland thjorsa plateau pasture terrain chapel viking stoeng valley meadow estate stong plain field grass farm hill blue sky nature natural environment buildings structure architecture Norse Viking Norsemen early settlers hills archaeology archaeological hike hiking trail outdoors remote history historic summer Icelandic west North Atlantic Ocean Island European Europe Scandinavia Scandinavian