Turf houses of Vikings

Lew "dug up" this great website, with many photos, showing turf houses of the Viking era in different parts of the world.

"The Þjóðveldisbær longhouse (located in Þjórsárdalur) is a re-creation of a typical Icelandic turf house from the end of the Norse era and is based on the house at Stöng, a short distance away that was covered with ash during a volcanic eruption of Hekla in 1104. As a result, the ruins were better preserved, with more physical evidence extant, than other Norse era longhouses.…
The Stöng farm was large and rich, and after the eruption, it may not have been abandoned completely until the climate changes that occurred in the 13th century. During its prosperous years, perhaps twenty or more people lived in this longhouse.…"
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/Turf_Houses.htm