Øysletta is a village in the municipality of

Overhalla Overhalla is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ranemsletta (also called ''Overhalla''). Other villages include Melen, Skage, Skogmo, S ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. It is located on the south shore of the river

Namsen or is one of the longest rivers in Trøndelag county, in the central part of Norway. The long river flows through the municipalities of Røyrvik, Namsskogan, Grong, Overhalla, and Namsos before emptying into the Namsenfjorden. The river is th ...

, along the now-defunct

Namsos Line The Namsos Line ( no, Namsosbanen) is a railway line between the village of Medjå and the town of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The line branches off from the Nordland Line at Grong Station and runs through the municipalities of Grong, ...

railway. The municipal center,

Ranemsletta Ranemsletta is the administrative centre of the municipality of Overhalla in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the north shore of the river Namsen, along the Norwegian County Road 17 which connects it to the town of Namsos and ...

lies about to the northwest and the municipal border with

Grong ( sma, Kråangke) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Medjå (sometimes called ''Grong'' also). Other villages in the municipality inc ...

lies about east of Øysletta. A geo-radar survey revealed in 2019 the presence of a group of Viking ship burials, the most significant of which appears to be over 8 m long. Due to COVID, excavations are planned in 2023, and will last for years. This is the first find of ship burials after the early 1900 excavation of the Øseberg ship, the archetype of the Viking ship, the centrepiece of the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.

References

2. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-use-georadar-tech-find-buried-viking-ship-norway-180973666/ Villages in Trøndelag Overhalla {{Trøndelag-geo-stub