Einn helsti 15. og 16. aldar verslunarstaður Þjóðverja á Íslandi.

One of the main German trading post in Iceland during the 15th and 16th centuries. During the 19th century, ships started frequenting the harbour again but it was gradually abandoned, as the Sandgerði harbour was improved.

Rústir elstu byggðar á Reykjanesskaga.

Remains of the oldest occupation on the peninsula, dated to the 9th century. It is possible that the ruins, a longhouse (skáli) and smaller constructions, constitute an explorer´s outpost, like Nordic buildings in Newfoundland.

Víðir, flatir grasvellir við rætur móbergshryggja. Þar sjást rústir tveggja smábýla sem minna á forna búskaparhætti á hálendi. Yngri bærinn var yfirgefinn eftir harða jarðskjálfta 1905.

A wide, open grassy field at the foot of hyaloclastite ridges. Remains of two small farms illustrate an old way of life in remote highland farms. The younger farm was abandoned after a strong earthquakes in 1905.

Fjárborg á Strandarheiði.

An isolated sheep shelter. It is rounded but without a roof, over 2 m high, 8 m in diameter, and 35 m in circumference, skillfully made of flat lava rocks. The age is unknown but considered a few hundred years.

Leifar af mjög löngum og háum garði síðan á fyrri hluta Þjóðveldisaldar (870-1000). Hann var byggður úr tofi og grjóti til að aðskilja húsdýr, tún og akra. Garðurinn er mjög siginn og hefur víða horfið með öllu.