Grønnedal

Grønnedal lies by Arsuk Fjord within the area known as the Norse Middle Settlement. Unlike Greenland's larger settlement districts, its farms clustered along the sea and fjord sides. Small dwellings, sheep and goat pens, and occasional cattle byres reveal a modest pastoral landscape constrained by steep slopes and narrow coastal ground. No church has been identified within this settlement group.

Radiocarbon studies indicate Scandinavian occupation beginning near the early settlement period and continuing into at least the fourteenth century. The latest evidence comes from only one investigated site, leaving the final abandonment uncertain. Other contexts containing caribou bone and Thule Inuit material suggest subsequent Inuit occupation. The fjord's history therefore preserves successive patterns of land use, while the remains distinguish this small coastal settlement from Greenland's better-known Norse farming centres.