The Plaque commemorating Icelandic outlaws
This plaque is outside of the church at Reykjahlíð (literally "Smoking Hill), a small town on the east side of Myvatn. The church sits at the edge of a large hraun (lava field). During an explosion of a nearby volcano a couple of centuries ago, the church was nearly destroyed; parishioners prayed and the lava stopped just outside of the church grounds. The church has since been rebuilt.
I thought that this plaque was commemorating that incident, but it is actually about the 18th century outlaws Eyvind and Halla. The plaque reads (as well as I am able to translate):
The Hiding Place of Mountain Eyvind and Halla.
North Vatnajökull
Eyvind and Halla were arrested on August 7, 1772, in Innra-Hreysi (literally meaning “Inner Hovel”) near Kvísaveitur (a river flowing into lake Kvisvatn) south of Sprengisandur, and taken to Reykjahlíðar (Smoking Hill).
The arrived at Reykjahlíðar Church on August 9 and were delivered to Jon Tomassyni, district administrator and minister for last rites (?).
Eyvind managed to escape the same day. He fled south to Innra-Hreysi and grabbed all the necessities (from the hiding place).
HERÐABREIÐARLINDIR
Eyvindur stayed in a small hut near Herðubreigðarlidir (a mountain south of Myvatn) the winter of 1772-73. In the lava field 300-400 meters to the north of Eyvidarkofa (literally: Eyvidur’s hut) is a shelter and about 20 meters north on the same hill is a circular ruins which is a couple of meters in diameter.
MOUNTIAN-EYVIND and the HALLA (the English translation which appears on the plaque, in abbreviated form)
The most famous of all outlaws in Iceland were the couple Mountain-Eyvind and Halla. They reportedly fled into highlands shortly after 1760 and spent some 20 years living in the wilderness.