Reisjå Cottage
This is an old building from western Reisjå. The actual age is difficult to determine. Originally it was a cottage with an open heath in the middle of the floor and without windows. This building style and interior is traditional to the village. Behind the bed, there is a set of stairs up to the loft where there was a sleeping area.
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Reisjå Cottage
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Reisjå Cottage, inside
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Reisjå Cottage, inside
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Barn from North Reisjå
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Barn from North Reisjå
The barn is larger than usually seen in the village and has very large timbers. The building is otherwise quite traditional with a room for hay and a room for grain. Between these two rooms was the room where grain was threshed and winnowed.
Loft from North Reisjå
The loft is dated to 1796 and is larger than that which is common to the village. Above the door, there are signs of tar-crosses which were used in protection against sorcery and evil spirits. On the second floor, there are beds which were used for guests. The first floor was used to store food.
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Loft from North Reisjå
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Loft from North Reisjå, ground floor
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Loft from North Reisjå, 2nd floor
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Barn from Hogstul
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Barn from Hogstul
The barn is an extremely old building which is unable to date. It was built with very thick timber. The largest logs are 65-70 cm wide. The building is considered quite large to historic standards, about 7m long and 5,5m wide. To protect against evil spirits, a tar-cross is painted above each stall. Also to protect against these same spirits, knives are hammered into the barn. The usual number of cows was 6-7 and they also had sheep and goats. The last time they had animals in the barn was in 1951.
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Smokehouse
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Smokehouse The building is well over 100 years old. Inside, their was an oven built with granite stones. As long as can be remembered, the smokehouse has only been used to dry grain and malt, to smoke food and so forth.
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Summer Mountain Farmhouse from Li
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Summer Mountain Farm from Li
The farmhouse is from a mountain pasture which was situated approx. 950 meters above sea level and above the forest line. The house showed signs of being subject to extreme weather conditions. It was built with pine logs which were split diagonally. This mountain farm was used every third year during the period between June 24 - September 14 of which approx. 4 weeks was spent in the pasture. The shepherds lived in the farmhouse. Firewood was stored underneath the beds. They kept the little calves indoors and tied them to the bed posts or to the wall.
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Barn from the Cotter’s Farm
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Barn from the Cotter’s Farm This barn stood at Brekkerunningen, a place under Brekke. There was an unusually large amount of pine timber used to build this barn. The largest log is 60 cm wide. The building dates to 1700.
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Cook-House
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Cook-House The building was at one time a main room ‘våningshus’, but was moved and later used as a cook-house ‘eld-hus’ (bryggerhus).
Cottage from Høgstrud
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Cottage from Høgstrud
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Cottage from Høgstrud
Høgstrud was a cotter’s farm under Bøen. The building was built in 1800 and has not been changed much from its original construction. In particular, there was one building which was carefully made and the bed is mentioned in a book about handicrafts in Telemark.
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The Stable
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The Stable
The stable was the housing for the horses. The roof is thatched with ‘gvåv’, logs which are split in two diagonally. There is a room below with space for two horses. There is also a loft to store hay. This was used as a sleeping area in the summer. On the outside, there were wooden hooks on each side of the door to hang the harnesses on. These were turned away from the sun as not to cause damage to the harnesses.
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Buildings at Tuddal Village Museum
