is a farm in the

Blönduhlíð Blönduhlíð is a district in Iceland in eastern Skagafjörður that lies along the Héraðsvötn river. It spans the area from the Bóluá river in the south of and the Kyrfisá river to the north. Brekknapláss is the outermost part of in , ...

district of

Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ...

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

located in the mouth of Dalsdalur valley, which runs eastward and is located south of Glóðafeykir mountain. The valley branches around Tungufjall mountain (one of three mountains to share that name in the mountains) and the branches run deep into the mountain range. Djúpadalsá, also called , flows through the valley and is in a deep, rather large gorge at the outer end of the valley. The river has formed extensive

sandbars In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or ...

in the lowlands that have thick patches of vegetation. The

Battle of Haugsnes The Battle of Haugsnes () was fought at Haugsnes, a low peninsula south of Flugumýri in Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland. The battle took place on April 19, 1246 between the forces of Þórður kakali Sighvatsson and those of Brandur Kolbeinsso ...

was fought on these sandbars in 1246. There was a church or chapel in for centuries but it was decommissioned early in the 18th century. Mera-Eiríkur Bjarnason, a farmer in starting in 1733, was famous for his horses. He got into a dispute in Stóru-Akrar with sheriff

Skúli Magnússon Skúli Magnússon (12 December 1711 – 9 November 1794) was an Icelandic civil servant. He is often referred to as the ''father of Reykjavík.'' due to King Frederik V of Denmark donating the estate of Reykjavík to Magnússon's Innréttingar ...

who tried, but failed, to prove that Mera-Eiríkur was committing tax fraud. The clan is descended from Mera-Eiríkur and still lives there today.

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