These are all around the island between the villages and other places, so people could find their way in the old days, before the roads for cars were made.

On Mannaskarð the paths from Øravík, Fámjin, Hov, Porkeri and Vágur meet.

[1] Øravík is mentioned in Suduroy Saga (Suðuroyar Sagnir) several times, i.e. in the story about Vísa Marjun (Wise Marion).

People escaped up in the mountains to hide in caves there, but Wise Marion was not scared, she stood and waited for them and sent a mentally challenged boy towards them.

[2] The pirates were called Turks, but they came from Algier in North Africa, which was a part of the Ottoman Empire.