[1][2] The farm lies in the middle of a major tumulus area dating back to the Iron Age.
Now four of them remain; with diameters between 23 and 32 meters (75 and 105 ft), they are undoubtedly the largest in the Gudbrand Valley.
Olaf II tricked Dale-Gudbrand and his peasant army into looking away from the idol of Thor by saying, "See, our God comes with great light!"
At the same time, one of Olaf II's men, Kolbein the Strong, broke the statue of Thor with his club.
This was the start of the introduction of Christianity into the Gudbrand Valley, and Dale-Gudbrand was later forced to build a church on his farm.