Barð

Barð is a farm and church site in Fljót in Skagafjörður, Iceland. Overlooking the farm is a striking mountain named (sometimes called ) with a steep ridge that faces the ocean. was a large farm with many smallholdings where a noble family, the clan, lived in centuries past. The church there served as a rectory, but it was decommissioned in 1970 and was then served by a priest from Hofsós. The current church at was built in 1889 and it is a protected site.

There is geothermal heat at and old texts mention a or warm spring where, for example, a priest was killed in 1252. Later on, a swimming pool was built there and later still, a boarding school called by the pool. There is now a branch of the primary school there.

One of 's notable inhabitants was Jón Norðmann (1820–1877) who wrote the manuscript , which is preserved in the National and University Library of Iceland.

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