Bakken

About the museum

Bakken was a cotter’s farm (husmannsplass) under the Dalakergarden farm on Rennesøy. It represents the many husmannsplasser with a stue and a barn under the same roof, of which few remain in Rogaland. The stue part is built of logs, and the barn is built with a stave construction.

The smallholding was small, and there was not much to live on here. It was possible to keep a cow and some sheep, and the farm had a potato field and a small grain field. The potatoes were stored in the earth cellar down in the ground.

Rennesøy has good building stone of a slate-like type, and this shapes the building tradition. The site is now managed by Ryfylkemuseet, and visits take place by arrangement.

Highlights

• Cotter’s farm with a stue and barn under one roof
• Log-built stue and barn in stave construction
• Earth cellar for potatoes
• Rarely preserved in Rogaland

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Ryfylkemuseet

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