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Turkish invasion walk (skoða efni)
Útgáfa síðunnar 22. september 2007 kl. 01:48
, 22. september 2007Fish Caves information
Ekkert breytingarágrip |
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The “Turkish” Raid 1627 | |||
== Sængurkonusteinn == | == Sængurkonusteinn == | ||
There’s a story from Vestmannaeyjar which tells the story of two pirates who | There’s a story from Vestmannaeyjar which tells the story of two pirates who chased a pregnant woman who was just about to give birth. She tried to hide by Sængurkonusteinn but the men found her there just as she was giving birth. One of the pirates wanted to kill the newborn child and the mother but the other one did not want to do that. He decided that both should live and cut a piece of cloth from his cape for the woman to wrap around her baby. | ||
For years after the Turkish invasion, islanders would sit guard up on the mountain from spring until fall to monitor the incoming ships. Around the middle of the 18th century, the islanders again set up a similar watch program, but this time in connection to an army that captain Kohl had started. | For years after the Turkish invasion, islanders would sit guard up on the mountain from spring until fall to monitor the incoming ships. Around the middle of the 18th century, the islanders again set up a similar watch program, but this time in connection to an army that captain Kohl had started. | ||
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== Lyngfellisdalur (Lyngfell valley) == | == Lyngfellisdalur (Lyngfell valley) == | ||
After the pirates had taken land they split themselves up into three groups. One group took Ofanleiti and the farms there around. Another group went east of Helgafell to the Kirkjbær grounds. The third and largest group went directly toward the houses which stood by the harbor and took people out of their homes on their way down there. People fled the pirates as best they could, mostly into caves or steep cliffs where they thought the pirates would have trouble finding or capturing them. For example there were a lot of people who climbed Fiskhellar (Fish caves) and hid in piles of fish which had been laid out there to dry. | After the pirates had taken land they split themselves up into three groups. One group took Ofanleiti and the farms there around. Another group went east of Helgafell to the Kirkjbær grounds. The third and largest group went directly toward the houses which stood by the harbor and took people out of their homes on their way down there. People fled the pirates as best they could, mostly into caves or steep cliffs where they thought the pirates would have trouble finding or capturing them. For example there were a lot of people who climbed Fiskhellar (Fish caves) and hid in piles of fish which had been laid out there to dry. | ||
== Fish Caves == | |||
[[Mynd:Fiskhellar1.jpg|thumb|300px|Fish Caves]] | |||
For centuries the fishermen-farmers made shelters of rock for fish in the | |||
cliffs, at Fiskhellar (Fish Caves); some of them still remain but most have been | |||
destroyed. It was a good place to dry fish because it was free of flies. Many | |||
people tried to hide from the pirates in those caves, particularly women and | |||
children and they were hoisted down there on a rope. The raiders were not deterred | |||
by the cliff. They climbed down to capture the people in shelters low on | |||
the cliff and shot those who they were unable to catch. It is not reported | |||
that they had used rope to climb down, perhaps not being particularly | |||
adept at that sport. On Thorlaugargerdishilla, a shelf high up in the | |||
cliff, people are said to have found a hiding place and the raiders | |||
were unable to get at them. Reportedly, some of the women’s skirts | |||
extended over the edge of the shelf and eighteen bullet holes were | |||
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