Gengi\u00f0 er eftir gr\u00f3fum vegasl\u00f3\u00f0a inn dalinn \u00fear sem m.a. m\u00e1 finna golfv\u00f6ll \u00deingeyringa, leifar gamallar vatnsvirkjunar fr\u00e1 upphafi t\u00e6knialdar og \u00ed botni dalsins var n\u00e1mugr\u00f6ftur \u00ed upphafi 20. aldar. Var \u00fear leita\u00f0 eftir silfurbergi sem \u00fe\u00e1 var mikils meti\u00f0 og nota\u00f0 \u00ed sm\u00e1sj\u00e1r, sj\u00f3ngler og fleira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1mamenn voru Einar Einarsson (1880-1939) b\u00e1tasmi\u00f0ur \u00far Reykjav\u00edk, J\u00f3n Bjarnason (1894-1912) og J\u00f3nas \u00deorsteinsson (1880-1918) steinsmi\u00f0ur \u00far Reykjav\u00edk, en hann var kunn\u00e1ttuma\u00f0ur um sprengingar og hefur l\u00edklega veri\u00f0 verkstj\u00f3rinn. N\u00e1man mun vera 10-15 metrar a\u00f0 lengd, en n\u00e1muopi\u00f0 er um 2,5 metrar \u00e1 h\u00e6\u00f0. \u00cd lj\u00f3s kom \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 \u00ed fjallinu er ekki a\u00f0 finna silfurberg heldur skylda tegund, arag\u00f3n\u00edt. Miki\u00f0 efni hefur borist inn \u00ed n\u00e1muna \u00ed \u00e1ranna r\u00e1s svo n\u00fa er h\u00fan a\u00f0eins 4-6 metrar a\u00f0 d\u00fdpt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Me\u00f0aldalur er t\u00e6plega fj\u00f3rir k\u00edl\u00f3metrar \u00e1 lengd en a\u00f0eins 200-300 metrar \u00e1 breidd v\u00ed\u00f0ast hvar. Beggja vegna dalsins r\u00edsa h\u00e1 klettafj\u00f6ll. A\u00f0 utan H\u00e6\u00f0in, sem nefnd fullu nafni mun heita Me\u00f0aldalsh\u00e6\u00f0, en a\u00f0 innan H\u00f3lafjall, stundum nefnt \u00der\u00edhn\u00fakafjall en \u00der\u00edhn\u00fakar gn\u00e6fa \u00fear vi\u00f0 efstu br\u00fan. Fjalli\u00f0 Me\u00f0aldalsh\u00e6\u00f0 er 513 metra h\u00e1tt en H\u00f3lafjall 653 metrar. Me\u00f0aldals\u00e1 rennur um endilangan dalinn og er d\u00e1l\u00edti\u00f0 graslendi beggja vegna \u00e1rinnar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cd Me\u00f0aldal var um aldir \u00feingsta\u00f0ur \u00feeirra sem bjuggu vi\u00f0 vestanver\u00f0an D\u00fdrafj\u00f6r\u00f0 til 1896, enda \u00e1l\u00edka langt \u00feanga\u00f0 fr\u00e1 ysta og innsta b\u00e6 \u00ed hreppnum e\u00f0a um 14 k\u00edl\u00f3metrar fr\u00e1 Svalvogum og um 17 k\u00edl\u00f3metrar fr\u00e1 Dr\u00f6ngum. G\u00e1lgi heita klettar ni\u00f0ur vi\u00f0 sj\u00f3 innan vi\u00f0 t\u00fani\u00f0 \u00ed Me\u00f0aldal hj\u00e1 l\u00e6kjarsytru er kemur ofan \u00far \u00deursask\u00e1l. \u00dear m\u00e1 \u00e6tla a\u00f0 \u00fej\u00f3far, sem d\u00e6mdir voru \u00e1 Me\u00f0aldals\u00feingi, hafi veri\u00f0 hengdir, enda s\u00fdnast a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur hentugar til sl\u00edkra athafna. \u00cd Me\u00f0aldal voru einnig Gu\u00f0mundur Pantaleonsson fr\u00e1 Granda og Ingveldur J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir d\u00e6md til dau\u00f0a, \u00e1ri\u00f0 1749, fyrir bl\u00f3\u00f0sk\u00f6mm en \u00feau eignu\u00f0ust barn en Ingveldur \u00e1tti fyrir barn me\u00f0 f\u00f6\u00f0ur Gu\u00f0mundar. Ingveldur d\u00f3 \u00ed var\u00f0haldi en kvennalj\u00f3minn Gu\u00f0mundur var fj\u00f3rum sinnum d\u00e6mdur til dau\u00f0a, afpl\u00e1na\u00f0i \u00ed Stokkh\u00fasi; \u00fer\u00e6lab\u00fa\u00f0um \u00ed Kaupmannah\u00f6fn um \u00e1rabil, vann \u00e1stir marsk\u00e1lkskfr\u00faar vi\u00f0 d\u00f6nsku hir\u00f0ina og enda\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e6vina \u00ed \u00fatleg\u00f0 \u00ed Finnm\u00f6rk. Lesa m\u00e1 n\u00e1nar um \u00feetta \u00ed Haustskipum<\/em> Bj\u00f6rns Th. Bj\u00f6rnssonar. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 3 – 4 t\u00edmar – h\u00e6kkun 120m.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gonguleid"],"yoast_head":"\n