Gamla Brekkurétt - Walking in Iceland [4K]
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2023
- The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland provided the following information about the corrals: The Brekka Corral at Brekkueyrar on the Brekkuá river, on the route between Brekka and Hreðavatn Lake, was built in 1831. Such corrals are used during the autumn sheep round-up: the flock is herded into the central enclosure, then sorted into the respective owners’ pens. [N1] Before the corral was built, sheep had been rounded up and herded to corrals in the mountains of the Norðurárdalur valley: at Hvammsmúli and at Staðarmúli by the Bjarnadalsá river. No traces are visible at those sites. Another corral, Tangarétt, was at Vikravatn lake above Hreðavatn. In 1831 Sheriff Eiríkur Sverrisson of Hamar in the Borg district decreed that all these corral sites should be abolished, superseded by a new one at Brekkueyrar. The corral was used for over 40 years, until a catastrophic flood struck on round-up day. The waters of the Brekkuá river flooded into the corral as high as the animals‘ bellies. After that event the corral was rebuilt in a new location, northeast of the Stóra- Grábrók crater. (In olden days the craters were known as Stóra (Big) and Litla (Little) Grábrók. The main road through the valley passes by Stóra-Grábrok.) That corral was used until 1922. Having been in use for about 50 years, it was on the brink of collapse - as it had been built of poor materials. The corral site was regarded as unfavourable as it sloped, and there was a risk of sheep being trodden underfoot in the central enclosure. There was no holding pen outside the corral, so the herders had to stand guard over the flock waiting to enter. Norðurárdalur farmers attending the corral tethered their horses on the north side of the entrance to the central enclosure, while those from Stafholtstungur tethered theirs on the west side. Men from the Borg district tethered their horses on the slope west of their own sorting pen. They also took their refreshments there. The Norðurárdalur district leader - who for the last years of the corral was farmer Vigfús Bjarnason of Dalsmynni (1853 - 1935) - introduced rules that unbranded and unidentified animals should be auctioned off after the sorting in the corral had been completed. Immediate payment was required, except from Norðurárdalur farmers, who were permitted to pay at the end of the year.
In the winter of 1922-1923 a meeting was held of all the farmers whose sheep were sorted at the Brekka corral. At that meeting a decision was made to build a new corral. Þórður Ólafsson of Brekka and Þorsteinn Snorrason of Laxfoss were elected to select a site for the corral, determine its size and form, and supervise the construction. They opted for the original corral site, i.e. at Brekkueyrar where the first corral had been built in 1831. In order to avert the risk of flooding, Þórður and Þorsteinn decided to divert the river out into the lava field some distance above the corral. Þorsteinn made a plan of the corral; the costs to be paid by each farmer were partly determined by their livestock holdings, and partly by property ownership. Construction commenced at the end of winter (early April), and was largely complete by the end of the first week of summer (early May); between 20 and 30 men had worked on the task. The corral was built entirely of lava rock. It was best to use stone that was quarried from solid lava rock. Loose pieces of lava were generally of irregular shape and less suitable for building. When poor stone was used, the structure did not last. Quite a lot of the building material had to be transported some distance, on horse-drawn sledges. That is the corral that remains standing, almost unchanged and with no major repairs or improvements. In fact it is dilapidated now. That corral was used for about 70 years, until 1992 when a new corral was made at the farm of Brekka. Sorting of livestock at the Brekka corral after the round-up has remained unchanged over the centuries, and it continues today.
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The Territory and its landscape declares the culture of its present and past inhabitants, it is a pleasure to identify the natural beauty of our planet, now in an outstanding Icelandic responsive. Thank you for sharing. Best regards.
Thank you Armando
Beautiful Iceland. What a privilege to live there. Thanks for the upload.
Thank you Gríma
You have been missed. Glad you are back.and I believe congratulations on your new arrival.
Thank you Hilary and I'm looking forward to seeing your filming :)
I'm glad your videos are back! I was already missing it.
Thank you Nelson
Nice walk in the quiet Landscape behind Grábrók 😍
It was surprisingly quiet.
Finally! I missed you! I wish you all the best. Thank you for the good video.
Thank you, I've been very busy but I plan to do some walks this summer.
Those moss landscapes are amazing. The colour contrasts are a delight to see. Thanks for the video…it’s great to see you back. Take care.
Thank you. Yes the contrasts are very interesting, the black lava and the green moss. Take care as well and thank you Stu.
It looked familiar; yes indeed, Grábrók.
Nice video ❤❤❤, I really love your channel...
Thank you so much 😀
Oooooh Iceland!...How beautiful you are...Country with multiple contrasting landscapes, you alone are a remedy for the body and the spirit...Thank you again Sir for this beautiful sharing 🙏🏻 and peace for Icelandic people ❤
Thank you for the kind words :)
Good one!
Thank you :)
Welcome back! Can we expect videos of eastern or northern parts of Iceland?
Thank you. I will probably not be travelling North or east this year but who knows.
Hooray! Another Iceland hotspots video!
Summer is close so maybe I'll visit á hringsjá. Thomas did you do any diving while stationed here?
@@IcelandHotSpots "Thomas did you do any diving while stationed here?"
No. I became a diver (SCUBA) after I left Iceland and went to Hawaii (where the water is much warmer!). I regret not having swimming in Blá Alónið, if I remember right the spelling. It was undeveloped in that time.
Yes and swimming in Silfra and Davíðsgjá is supposedly very interesting. I figured you would have liked it. I've been interested in diving stories lately. Did you ever watch the Underground Eiger?
New video plis
It's coming :)
You've been away for 3 months. Why?
I had a baby, wrote a book, switched jobs and I'm doing some college courses. Very busy. Honestly don't expect much from me in the coming months. But summer is almost here and I'm going to do some walks then.
Is it true that elves live in small houses in Iceland?
Those who believe in elves usually say they live in rocks, boulders, cliffs and hills
@@IcelandHotSpots Get them on video next time. =)