A reconstructed Viking longhouse near Stong, Iceland. Entrance doorway.

The Stong Viking farmhouse or longhouse re-construction, the only entrance door. Iceland

In 1939 a the remains of Viking age farmhouse was discovered and excavated at Stöng in Thjórsárdalur valley. It was believed to have been buried in volcanic ash in 1104. As part of the 1100th anniversary of Icelandic Settlement a reconstruction of the house and buildings was created a few kilometres away in 1974. This photograph from 1987 shows the door in the front elevation of the Great Hall. It leads into an entrance hall with a door to the Great Hall. As Iceland is largely un-forested, timber had to be imported, as it would have been in the Viking Age. This frame was then clad in insulating turf which is grassed to reduce erosion. The site is the property of the National Museum of Iceland.