Brattahlid

Brattahlíð, the "steep slope," was Erik the Red's estate in Greenland's Norse Eastern Settlement. It stood near the head of Eiríksfjörður, well inland from the ocean and sheltered by the fjord. Farms, barns and a church formed part of a settlement in which grazing and hunting sustained the inhabitants. Archaeological remains associated with Erik and his wife Þjóðhildr include dwellings and signs of irrigation, recalling the work required to establish farming at the edge of the Greenland ice.