Dyrnæs was a
Norse settlement in
Eastern Settlement
The Eastern Settlement ( non, Eystribygð ) was the first and by far the larger of the two main areas of Norse Greenland, settled by Norsemen from Iceland. At its peak, it contained approximately 4,000 inhabitants. The last written record from t ...
in
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
. It was located to the north of modern-day
Narsaq
Narsaq is a town in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The name ''Narsaq'' is Kalaallisut for "Plain", referring to the shore of Tunulliarfik Fjord where the town is located.
History
People have lived in the area for thousands o ...
.
History
According to Ívar Bárðarson, Dyrnæs was one of the largest
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
es in Norse Greenland. It consisted of a church and several farms, and probably covered the entire western part of the Narsaq peninsula.
[''Dyrnæs'', Narsaq Museum] The ruins of the church were discovered during an archaeological dig in 1932.
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References
Norse settlements in Greenland
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