Fuglahammaren
About three hours. Start at the old cemetery on Bjergøy. Fuglahammaren is Bjergøy's highest point and offers fine views over the islands. There are also geocaches in the area.
View the destination on a map ↗Explore Sjernarøyane on foot.
Walk along quiet roads, follow marked woodland trails or spend a whole day exploring Nord-Talgje. If you choose an unmarked route, please let someone know where you are going.
Fåranibbå
About two hours. You can start at the old cemetery on Bjergøy. For a shortcut from Furrehytter, walk uphill, turn right at Furre Gaard and follow the road for about 350 metres to the top of Fårabakken. Turn left at the “Fåranibbå” sign and follow the unmarked trail. The view over Sjernarøyane is well worth the walk.
Eikåsen
About one hour for the shorter walk. Start at Sjernarøy church and follow the farm track uphill. The top is about 25–30 minutes away. You can also choose a longer circular walk around Lundarsøylå.
View the circular route on UT.no ↗Lundarvågen
Allow about two hours for a walk from Furrehytter. Lundarvågen is on Kyrkjøy, about four kilometres away. Follow the road via Aubø and the bridges to Kyrkjøy. From here, you can also follow marked circular routes around Eikåsen and Lundarsøylå.
View the area on UT.no ↗The marble quarry on Nord-Talgje
Quarrying took place here from 1898 until around 1960. Open pits and old tracks still bear witness to the work. Allow plenty of time: it is easy to lose yourself exploring. You can also combine a visit with geocaching.
The millstone quarry on Nord-Talgje
Nord-Talgje is also home to one of Rogaland's best-kept secrets. On a headland in the south of the island, the millstone quarry covers more than 20,000 m². Only rotary millstones were extracted here, mainly hand-mill stones 45–60 cm in diameter, as well as stones for watermills measuring 55–120 cm.
No written records of this activity survive. Research points to quarrying from around the 12th or 13th century, so the story goes back many hundreds of years. Millstones were once an important commodity, central to trade and the economy — perhaps the oil of their day?
You can still see the marks left by the stones in the rock. Take time to look for completed extraction sites and unfinished stones. Step back in time at the millstone quarry on Nord-Talgje.
Digital route tracks are available for Eikåsen–Lundarsøylå. For the other walks, we describe the starting point and destination, but do not draw an exact route until it has been checked.
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