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Research into the Hanse’s presence in Norway has concentrated on its activity in the towns of Bergen, Oslo and Tønsberg, and its dominance in foreign trade.1 Little is known about the relations between Hanseatic merchants and Norwegians in non-urban areas. In order to get to and from Bergen, the ships followed the sea route close to the coast of western Norway. These are rough waters where big vessels still take advantage of sheltering islands where they can be found. In medieval times it was common for seamen to pause in good harbours at night. Thus, there must have been some contact between people on board Hanseatic ships and inhabitants of the small coastal settlements where people lived by combining farming and fishing. Written sources, maps and place-names, examined while writing a book about the medieval history of the island of Karmøy in the northern part of Rogaland county all suggested a Hanseatic presence in the Avaldsnes area.2 At the same time in the late 1990s the marine archaeologist, Endre Elvestad from Stavanger Maritime Museum started his investigations of the harbour area at Avaldsnes. The historical and archaeological work combined to become a very interesting interdisciplinary project. This article provides a short introduction to Karmsundet and Avaldsnes, and then presents the written documents, old maps and place-names related to the place called Notau (otherwise ‘Notoy’, ‘Nothau’, ‘Notaw’, ‘Natouw’, ‘Notow’, ‘Notouwe’, ‘Nothowe’, ‘Nothow’, ‘Notoir’, ‘Note’ and ‘Notu’).

Notau – the Hanseatic harbour at Avaldsnes, south-west Norway: written sources, maps and place-names