Øysletta is a village in

Overhalla Municipality 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, Hunn, Skogmo ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county,

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. 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 t ...

, along the now-defunct

Namsos Line The Namsos Line () is a railway line between the village of Medjå and the Namsos (town), town of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The line branch line, branches off from the Nordland Line at Grong Station and runs through Grong Municipality ...

railway. The municipal center, Ranemsletta lies about to the northwest and the municipal border with

Grong Municipality () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Medjå (sometimes ca ...

lies about east of Øysletta.

Viking ship discovery

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 long. Due to the

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, excavations were delayed until 2023, and will last for years. This is the first find of ship burials since the excavation of the Oseberg Ship in the early 1900s–the archetype of the Viking ship and the centrepiece of the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.

References

Villages in Trøndelag Overhalla {{Trøndelag-geo-stub