Averøy
Tales of the old viking age at Bremsnes. The site at Bremsnes in Averøy is a visible and accessible stone ring from the Iron Age.
The Bremsnes stone circle consists of a total of 11 standing stones. Eight stones form a, two stones outside the circle mark an East facing entrance/exit and one bigger, oblong stone with a concave indentation on top sits in the center. The oval one was most likely used for sacrifices to the Norse Gods.
Stone circles in Norway and Sweden are ranging from 200 B.C. to 700 A.D.Such circles are usually referred to as a ”Tingsted”, ”Tingkrets” or ”Dommaringar”. ”Ting” meaning a Viking court or a local administrative gathering.
Harald Fair-hair
In 872 A.D. Harald Fair-hair gathered Norway into one kingdom after the battle of Hafrsfjord. Harald swore an oath to neither cut nor groom neither hair nor beard until he had subjugated the entire country. Haralds ally, Ragnvald Earl of Møre, had his seat in Bremsnes and according to local lore it was at Bremsnes Tingsted that Harald finally cut his hair after becoming the first king of a united Norway. The son of Ragnvald is debated to be, Gange-Rolv (Rollo of Normandie) whoin 911 was appointed as the Duke of Normandie.
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