Brattahlíð
Sign in to saveBrattahlíð (), often anglicised as Brattahlid, was Erik the Red's estate in the Eastern Settlement Viking colony he established in south-western Greenland toward the end of the 10th century. The present settlement of Qassiarsuk is now located on the former estate. The site is about from the ocean, at the head of the Tunulliarfik Fjord, and hence sheltered from ocean storms.
Key facts
- Ancient site.map_size
- 240
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.name
- Brattahlíð
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Brattahlid
- Ancient site.caption
- Modern reconstruction of Thjodhild's church, with Tunulliarfik Fjord in the background (then called Eriksfjord)
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greenland
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location of Brattahlíð in Greenland
- Ancient site.location
- 5 km Southwest from Narsarsuaq, Greenland
- Ancient site.region
- Greenland
- Ancient site.occupants
- Norsemen
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Part_of
- Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1536-001
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 2017
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
- Cultural: v
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Churches
- Thjodhild's church
- Stone churches
- Farm
- Assembly
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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Brattahlíð (), often anglicised as Brattahlid, was Erik the Red's estate in the Eastern Settlement Viking colony he established in south-western Greenland toward the end of the 10th century. The present settlement of Qassiarsuk is now located on the former estate. The site is about from the ocean, at the head of the Tunulliarfik Fjord, and hence sheltered from ocean storms.
Erik and his descendants lived there until about the mid-15th century. The name Brattahlíð means "the steep slope". The estate, along with other archeological sites in southwestern Greenland, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 as Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap.