Ever since the Stone Age, humans have sought places to live in areas of plentiful natural resources. The area round Førpollen is such an area.

In fact, the density of prehistoric traces is so great that it causes occasional conflicts between the local inhabitants, who want economic progress, and the archaeologists, who want to preserve cultural history.

We know much about the ancient settlements around Førepollen. Layer by layer, archaeologists have travelled through exciting epochs and have found traces of people who once lived here.

Decorated ceramic fragments from a Stone Age family’s eating bowl have been uncovered. Fragments from ploughs and cricibles show that there were innovations and development in the Iron Age.

Objects from a child's grave in Føre.