The old lamb house (lambhús) at Keldur farm sits on a peninsula formed by Keldnalækur creek
Grass-roofed houses are a part of Iceland’s persona and legacy that were built to protect the Vikings through the rough and harsh northern climates.
Keldur is a farm and a church site in Rangarvellir County, South Iceland. Catholic churches there were dedicated to the apostle Paul. The present church was built in 1875. Where the old farm still stands in the shelter of the edge of the lava field, big cold springs, called Keldur, feed a stream. According to the Njal’s Saga, the farmer Ingjaldur Holskuldsson occupied Keldur around the year 1000. Later the most powerful dynasty of the country, the so-called Oddaverjar, had one of their manors there. The father of this dynasty, Jon Loftsson, spent the last years of his life there, and founded a monastery, which did not last very long. The hall of the old farm is very ancient, the oldest hall of the country.
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