Hof í Hjaltadal
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Hof
Hof í Hjaltadal | |
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Farm | |
| Hof in Hjaltadalur | |
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| Coordinates: 65°42′45″N 19°05′43″W / 65.7126318591°N 19.0952260461°W | |
| Country | Iceland |
| County | Skagafjörður |
| Valley | Hjaltadalur |
| Founded by | Hjalti Þórðarson |
Hof í Hjaltadal (Hof in Hjaltadalur), or simply Hof, is a farm in Hjaltadalur in Skagafjörður, Iceland. According to the Landnámabók, it was the homestead of Hjalti Þórðarson. Hof was also reportedly the location of the most well-attended and finest wake in the country, which Hjalti's sons held for their father.[1]
There are a lot of archaeological artifacts but there have not been any significant studies in Hof. Still, it seems that there was a large farm whose residence fell into disuse in the 11th century; the farm moved to Hólar, which is a very short distance from Hof. The settlement in Hof seems to have been intermittently inhabited up until 1827 when it was built into one of Hólar's smallholdings.[2]
The farm sits on a tall hill and Hjaltur's sons had a fort there.[2]