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Bakken cotters farm
Bakken, a cottar’s farm leased from Dalaker farm on Rennesøy, represents one of the many cottar’s farms that had both living quarters and barn under the same roof. Few of these still exist in Rogaland county. The living quarters are built of logs while the barn is stave-built.
This cottar’s farm is small and didn’t provide much to live on. A cow and a few sheep could be held, and there was a potato field and a tiny wheat field here too. The root cellar down the hill was a good place to store potatoes.